[Review] The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (9/10)

 

Title - The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Studio - Netflix

Starring - Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Eddie Redmayne, Noah Robbins, Mark Rylance, Jeremy Strong, Caitlin FitzGerald
Writer - Aaron Sorkin

Director - Aaron Sorkin

Release - 16 October 2020

In a time when we're just not getting a lot of movies, let alone great movies, this one was right up there; and from Netflix no less!

Written and directed by the master of dialogue, I'm glad that it was Aaron Sorkin that wrote this because he is one of the rare few in Hollywood that can make conversations riveting from start to finish.

While this movie was filled with fantastic actors, who all did their part so well; and while I wanted to be wowed by each and every one of these heavy hitters, I can only point to two actors that I would say deserve some award recognition: Mark Rylance and Frank Langella. 

And it was no wonder that their best work came from their back-and-forth between each other. Whether or not their characters had said all they said during the actual event, I didn't care because it was so entertaining.