Vin Diesel, Alex Rocco, Peter Dinklage

Sent to prison on a drug charge, Jackie Dinorsio refuses to turn government witness against his former associates in the New Jersey Lucchesi crime family. However, prosecutor Sean Casey mounts a huge ...( read more  read more... )case under the RICO statutes involving dozens of defendants and their attorneys, including Nick Calabrese. For Casey, it looks like an open and shut case, until Jackie, who is already serving 30 years, decides to defend himself. Initially dismissed as a lunatic, Jackie has a forceful personality and an intrinsic understanding of the legal process that gradually change the course of the trial.

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R, 2 hrs. 4 min.

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Release Date: March 17, 2006

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DVD Release Date: June 27, 2006

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  • September 22, 2009
    An outragious, compelling, intelligent, powerful and unforgettable movie. Totally gripping, surprisingly moving and relentlessly enjoyable. It's a brilliant, thrilling, riveting and satisfying film. Wickedly funny and magnificent from start to finish. Vin Diesel is sensational, h...( read more)is best performance in year's and possiably of his career. Diesel proves to be more than a race car action hero, this man has talent and I hope he shows more of it in the years to come. Peter Dinklage and Linus Roache give equally impressive and fantastic performances. A teriffic new movie. A court room drama that mixes the gangster genres and wicked humor to create a marvelously entertaining movie and it's all true. The humor works just as great as the drama. It's wonderfully performend and cleverly written from actual courtroom statement. Another masterpiece from veteran film Director, Sidney Lumet. After all these year's he sure does know how to deliver a great film.
  • May 25, 2009
    interesting and well written
  • March 8, 2009
    Based upon a true story, this court room drama is filled with humor and is very touching. Vin Diesel is fantastic as Jackie Dinorsio and if not for such a great supporting cast, he would have stolen the show. The script is well written and the story is very interesting. A mus...( read more)t see for true story film buffs, court room drama buffs and Vin Diesel fans.... just don't expect the action you're accustomed to from him.
  • November 20, 2008
    "Sometimes the best defense. . . is a wiseguy."

    A wise guy turns his own trial upside down by serving as his own lawyer in this comedy drama based on a true story. In 1987, an extensive investigation into the activities of the Lucchese crime family led to charges being fi...( read more)led against most of the key members of the gang, leading to the prosecution of 20 different men, each represented by their own council. That is, except for Giacomo DiNorscio, aka Jackie Dee (Vin Diesel), a longtime Lucchese family "mechanic" implicated in everything from kidnapping to drug dealing. While Jackie Dee is obviously a common criminal and guilty of all he's charged with, he also has a fierce sense of loyalty to his colleagues, despite the fact his cousin Tony Companga (Raul Esparza) previously tried to kill him out of fear he might talk. Sean Kierney (Linus Roache), the prosecutor tackling the Lucchese Family case, tries repeatedly to persuade Jackie Dee to testify against his partners in exchange for leniency, but he stubbornly refuses. Tired of the way things are being handled, Jackie Dee informs family attorney Ben Klandis (Peter Dinklage) that he intends to represent himself in court; this seemingly suicidal move turns into an unexpected success as Jackie Dee's sense of humor and streetwise charm has a remarkable impact on the judge and jury.

    Review
    I found Diesel's act quite moving. He captured the essence of the character and its complexity. Sidney Lumet's earlier film Dog Day Afternoon deals with the same issue of protagonists who defy police authority and the law, while the crowd (here the jury) sympathies with them instead of the prosecutors, the police and the law. By this, we get a strong post-modern statement by Lumet. Can we judge criminals? Is there a single truth? Lumet claims that there are several. I tend to disagree, but the fact is, that is an aspect of human nature in which we would like to defy law and order, to break the foundation of our society and to set our minds free.
  • November 1, 2008
    Find Me Guilty is a worth watching just because its proof that Sidney Lumet is an excellent filmmaker and when Vin can actually act when he tries (I was surprised too.) and I won't deny that I have a soft spot for gangster films. What's the catch, the story is simply boring and...( read more) fails to make Jackie Dinorsio a likable character. Still worth seeing for Lumet and if your still looking for hope in Vin Diesel.
  • October 23, 2009
    Vin Diesel was GREAT in this movie
  • October 14, 2009
    Interesting movie with Vin Diesel playing quite a different role. Of course with the type of character he played, some may say it wasn't much of a stretch for Vin but it was good for him to diversify the roles he plays.
  • September 28, 2009
    very good, Vin Diesel was very convincing
  • September 22, 2009
    I really loved it!I recommend it ! By the way,is not an action movie!
  • August 9, 2009
    first real boring but in the end actually a nice movie. But the first impression counts so the movie is only usually. Besides Vin Diesel doesn't fit in the role as a laywer

Critic Reviews


March 25, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

This movie by its nature is not thrilling, but it is very genuinely interesting, and that is rare. full review

March 24, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Sitting through the belabored courtroom drama Find Me Guilty feels like a particularly prolonged session of jury duty. full review

March 17, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

As the case grinds on and we follow Jackie from his cramped cell to the airless courtroom we begin to feel as confined as the prisoner himself. full review

March 16, 2006
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

For all its ripped-from- the-headlines verisimilitude, Find Me Guilty sometimes feels like it should have been called Find Me My Cousin Vinny. full review

March 16, 2006
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com

For those of you who complain the ubiquitous "they" don't make films like they used to, here's your chance to give "them" a reason to make more. full review

March 12, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Actively tries to replicate what it must have felt like to endure 600-plus days of jury duty. full review

March 9, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Except for a scene with the electrifying Annabella Sciorra as Jackie's ex-wife, Diesel cuts up when he should cut deep. full review

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Comments


  • BradPittIsHot
    March 20, 2007
    I wanna see this I love Vin
  • buffyfan69
    August 17, 2006
    Your nice????? Bwahahahahahaha! Looks like you been seeing alot of movies. I gotta pick up the pace.
  • hidenangil
    July 31, 2006
    thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • jordz42
    June 26, 2006
    same
  • JesusOnlyKnows19
    June 21, 2006
    I don't like the name of the movie!

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