Ghosts of Mississippi

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Feb 1, 2019 The best courtroom movie ever made! With the best movie character ever portrayed: James Woods as Byron de la Beckwith!

Kylo S Sep 22, 2018 jumps through time every now and then.. Ghosts Of Mississippi Ghosts Of Mississippi is a plot driven crime drama about a case that represents the fight against racism where a guy stands against all odds to straighten out the broken rules and injustice. It is probably one of the toughest job to keep the audience tangled in its eerie bubble when it depicts series of various episodes that jumps through time every now and then. But this is where Reiner enters the picture, his finesse on each frame claiming his throne on a compelling and honest storytelling. The investigation doesn't follow a rudimentary process, it is fresh with a newer structure that makes it intriguing and electrifying despite of having a sloppy writing around the edges, it is surprisingly gripping and adaptive. The background score isn't that impressive along with the cinematography and camera work, but has a tremendous awareness on the sound department and the surrounding offered which is palpable to the tone and the editing which plays a vital role considering it has to capture various incidents in a brief period of time. The performance is equally enthralling especially by Baldwin who is given quite a range to factor in effectively, Goldberg is given a bit chalky role which holds her performance quite few times and Woods with an aptly reserved act that stands alone above all. Reiner's execution is bang on his bucks and armed with such a sharp script where he decided to take a mellow approach about such fragile concept and walks perfectly balanced on its self-created thin line. And with a slam dunk on the last act, the courtroom drama takes care of the closure that every maker aspires for it go like. Ghosts Of Mississippi fiddles with an issues that has already been raised and analysed many a time, but from Reiner's lens, he has few points worth listening to. See more

Poe M Mar 2, 2017 Rob Reiner's study of the 1994 Medgar Evers murder trial might not be the most efficient or inventive courtroom movie under the sun, but it's definitely one of the more important ones, considering the progressive nature of the true-to-life events at hand here. And, excessive running time aside, the historical significance and above-par acting alone makes "Ghosts Of Mississippi" worth the watch, with special commendation going to James Woods for his stomach-twisting turn as real-life villain Byron De La Beckwith. See more

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