Find Me Guilty
The movie centers on mobster Giacomo 'Jackie' DiNorscio, who faces a series of charges even though he has a prior 30-year conviction, but he decides to defend himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
16 August 1963, Rockville Center, New York, USA
12 August 1964, Brooklyn, New York, USA
1948, New York City, New York, USA
8 November 1954, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
6 April 1957, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
27 October 1935, Brooklyn, New York, USA
16 April 1969
April 20, 2009
If watching a jury disregard mountains of damning evidence in favor of a charismatic gangster who calls himself a "gagster" seems a morally challenging proposition, well that's all part of the bargain in Lumet's topical drama.May 04, 2007
Could not be more relevant at a repressive time in US history when the erosion and abuse of civil rights of those presumed guilty is nearly as big an issue as the plight of the innocent.March 29, 2006
[Lumet's] crowning masterpiece.January 12, 2007
Vin Diesel gives a perfect performance.March 25, 2006
This movie by its nature is not thrilling, but it is very genuinely interesting, and that is rare.March 31, 2006
If you didn't know you were watching Vin Diesel in Find Me Guilty, you wouldn't know you were watching Vin Diesel. And that's a compliment.March 25, 2006
As Vin Diesel plays him in a likable, image-adjusting turn -- prosthetically fat, thick of Jersey accent -- Jackie (who died in 2004) was about as sweet as a career criminal can be.March 25, 2006
This may be the most Brechtian thing Lumet has ever done -- a movie that repeatedly challenges us to think and then to reconsider.July 10, 2007
What on the surface seems like a regular court drama with a little humor thrown in for good measure actually works as a wicked satire on the American judicial system.December 30, 2006
Lumet orchestrates the machinations with the confidence of a master, but even he cannot quite manage to sustain the interest for the protracted arguments to run their course.March 31, 2006
It's hard to do anything in court that hasn't been done before. It's a static situation, and points are scored in tiny increments. No big witness-stand breakdowns, no tearful confessions. Thus, boredom creeps in.March 01, 2007
Manages to crackle along in lively fits and starts of nasty profanity and very bad but all too credible behavior.