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  • Starring: Apti Magamaev, Sergei Makovetsky, Sergey Garmash
  • Summary: A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, 12 is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks. (Sony Picture Classics)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 12 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 17
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  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michelle Orange
    90
    Miklahkov keeps 12 tops spinning at all times in the school gymnasium that serves as their deliberation room, and though the speech/conversion pattern grows a little pat, the movement toward consensus raises the further, richly complicated question of how to decide not only what is right, but what is best.
  2. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    89
    12 is every bit as much of a moral powerhouse as its predecessors but with the added bonus of being simultaneously intellectually riveting and, at times, almost indescribably poetic.
  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    58
    I haven't heard this much shouting in a movie since the first hour of "Full Metal Jacket."

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  1. DimitarR.
    10
    A masterpiece. Yet one more by Nikita Mihalkov!!!
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  2. CaroleG.
    9
    This is an outstanding film! It not only updates "Twelve Angry Men" but immerses us in the Russian struggle with Chechnya. Every member of the cast is superb--what an ensemble! Except for the slow and slightly annoying beginning, when the jury doesn't seem to take its responsibility at all seriously (unlike my experiences as an American jury member), the film is totally gripping. One is reminded of the Russian talent for Drama, here used wonderfully to the max. It makes me sad that more people are not eager to see this film, which manages to fully evoke the humanity of its least likable characters. Knowing the ending of the original does nothing to reduce the immense pleasure of how these 12 jury members come to their conclusion.… Expand
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  3. AL
    3
    Actors are great, that's the only thing worth look at. Other: plot, directing, dialoges - awful.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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