High Crimes

Name: High Crimes
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: April 5, 2002
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 48
Cast: Ashley Judd, James Caviezel, Morgan Freeman

2002

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: April 5, 2002 | PG-13

Starring: Ashley Judd, James Caviezel, Morgan Freeman

Summary: A young San Francisco attorney (Judd) gets help from a former military attorney (Freeman) when she defends her husband in a top-secret military court.

Director: Carl Franklin

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 115 min

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Stylish and effective, if slightly overlong, thriller. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Satisfies a hunger for the basics: a decent mystery to chew on, a bit of juicy suspense, maybe a plot twist as garnish. The fare is all on the standard menu, but it goes down well just the same. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Ms. Judd commands the screen with consistent authority, and Mr. Freeman brings expansive humor to the role of a self-styled wildcard who's still dangerous in court.

Mike Clark

It's no crime the movie has one or two endings too many, given that many thrillers of the past quarter-century have had the same. But Judd's latest is too harmless to be anything but a misdemeanor. Read full review

Jack Mathews

Judd has genuine movie star magnetism -- beauty, intelligence, presence and talent to spare. In the old studio days, she'd be Ingrid Bergman by now.

Michael Dequina

Washes away whatever unique filmmaking personality Franklin has. Read full review

Stephen Hunter

All in all, High Crimes isn't worth the crayons it took to write the script. Read full review

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Oct 13, 2013

Wasn't the best thriller, and was predictable most of the time. But a movie with Morgan Freeman can't be that bad right? His role in this movie with Ashley Judd's capable performance makes this a decent flick, but don't think too hard.

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eva3si0n

Aug 23, 2020

An excellent cast is the only thing to pay attention to. The genre is very gentle, not many films in the genre of a judicial detective. But the main plot literally breaks on the seridin of the film, there is almost no suspense. And the main plot twist is so obvious and predictable, theAn excellent cast is the only thing to pay attention to. The genre is very gentle, not many films in the genre of a judicial detective. But the main plot literally breaks on the seridin of the film, there is almost no suspense. And the main plot twist is so obvious and predictable, the ending only causes a smirk. And the story itself is absurd. Once you can see, but no more.… Expand

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JakeM.

Aug 30, 2002

What a piece of crap, i hate movies about the law because obviously they don't do their homework. Just find basicly anyone in the military and bring them to watch this movie, and ask them to point out everything that is wrong in the court scenes. The list will go about 1/3 of the What a piece of crap, i hate movies about the law because obviously they don't do their homework. Just find basicly anyone in the military and bring them to watch this movie, and ask them to point out everything that is wrong in the court scenes. The list will go about 1/3 of the movie. Also there ain't no nail bitting involved with this movie, i figured out that ..............about 40 minutes into the movie. There is no real thrill involved with this movie.… Expand

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