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  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 2 h 39 m
  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 2 h 39 m

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...

Written By: Nikita Mikhalkov, Aleksandr Novototskiy-Vlasov, Vladimir Moiseenko, Reginald Rose, Aleksandr Novototsky

  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 2 h 39 m
  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 2 h 39 m

12

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
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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...

Written By: Nikita Mikhalkov, Aleksandr Novototskiy-Vlasov, Vladimir Moiseenko, Reginald Rose, Aleksandr Novototsky

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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29% Mixed
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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.
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88
The time passes quickly. This is the rare remake that does honor to the spirit of the original.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
80
Mikhalkov's 12 breathes and floats.
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80
With its thunderous drama and larger-than-life characters, which lend it a brawling energy, 12 is never dull.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
67
Rarely has the voyeuristic appeal of sitting on a jury been so cleverly expressed.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Yes, Mikhalkov has set himself quite the agenda, but in the end the film is too much of a piece with its topic, intensely fascinating yet seriously flawed. The verdict? Guilty, with extenuating circumstances.
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW
50
Has none of the crisp passion or suspense of the 1957 Sidney Lumet version; it's bloated, heavy-handed, and lugubrious.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography, Studio Trite, Three T Productions
Release Date Mar 4, 2009
Duration 2 h 39 m
Rating PG-13
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Website http://www.12lefilm.fr/
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Eagle Awards, Russia
• 5 Wins & 6 Nominations
MTV Movie Awards, Russia
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations

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