Just Mercy
critic Reviews
, 85% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Just Mercy dramatizes a real-life injustice with solid performances, a steady directorial hand, and enough urgency to overcome a certain degree of earnest advocacy.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTara BradyIrish Times
Foxx does his best work in a decade. For the charismatic Jordan, who puts in a tone-setting nuanced turn here, Just Mercy arrives between Creed II and Tom Clancy's Without Remorse. Let's hope he sticks with the "one for them, one for me" formula.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichael PhillipsChicago Tribune
"Just Mercy" is solid, meat-and-potatoes docudrama filmmaking, if you don't mind a first-rate story of systemic injustice undercut by second-rate dialogue.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTy BurrBoston Globe
Unlike many movies "based on a true story," "Just Mercy" sticks close to the facts of the case - for the simple reason that the facts are drama enough.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKathleen SachsChicago Reader
It's both rage-inducing and awe-inspiring; the courage conveyed by the protagonists is a balm on the sting of injustice.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAlonso DuraldeBreakfast All Day
It's competently made... Thought has been put into this production, and again, I'm completely a hundred percent on the side of everything it has to say. I just don't think it's a very good movie.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWenlei MaNews.com.au
Just Mercy is a deeply moving film, a human story about injustice and justice and how intangible and ephemeral they both really are.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreM.N. MillerReady Steady Cut
While succumbing to a small amount of melodrama, Just Mercy is ultimately a moving film about integrity, injustice, and the indictment of our criminal justice system.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJane FreeburyThe Canberra Times (Australia)
There can't be any doubt about the sincerity of Just Mercy, though it did not need to exceed two hours' running time to establish these points.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKeith GarlingtonKeith & the Movies
The movie doesn’t feel particularly fresh or new, but it’s unwavering in its honesty and dedication to its characters...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDan BayerNext Best Picture
This is still an important story to tell, and if the film doesn’t do anything interesting or exciting with the material, it is still solid and ends on a high note. It works, and there’s nothing more it needs to do than that.
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