A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other.

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Film Cast:

• Theodore Crawford: Anthony Hopkins
• William Beachum: Ryan Gosling
• Joe Lobruto: David Strathairn
• Nikki Gardner: Rosamund Pike
• Jennifer Crawford: Embeth Davidtz
• Lt. Rob Nunally: Billy Burke
• Detective Flores: Cliff Curtis
• Judge Robinson: Fiona Shaw
• Judge Gardner: Bob Gunton
• Norman Foster: Josh Stamberg
• Judge Moran: Xander Berkeley
• Mona: Zoe Kazan
• Resident: Judith Scott
• Ciro: Gary Carlos Cervantes
• Dr. Marion Kang: Petrea Burchard
• Assistant Hotel Manager: Garz Chan
• Gladys: Wendy Cutler
• Lee Gardner: Larry Sullivan
• Peg Gardner: Valerie Dillman
• Uniform Cop: Gonzalo Menendez
• Opera Singer: Vivica Genaux
• Public Defender: Cooper Thornton
• Messenger: Lyle Kanouse
• Karla: Sandra Prosper
• Crawford’s Secretary: Monica Garcia Pérez
• Judge Joseph Pincus: Joe Spano
• NTSB Guy: Peter Breitmayer
• Moran’s Bailiff: Mirron E. Willis
• Burt Wooton: David Purdham
• Cop: John Littlefield
• SWAT Medic: Lou Reyes
• Wooton Sims Receptionist: Rainy Kerwin
• Bailiff: R.J. Chambers
• Bailiff: Eugene Collier
• Attorney Apley: Tom Virtue
• Orderly: Gunter Simon
• Orderly: Frank Torres
• Kid: Payton Koch
• Kid: Cooper Koch
• Kid: Sophie Hoblit
• Kid: Caroline Weinstock
• Kid: Alexander Weinstock
• Russian Man: Michael Khmurov
• Russian Woman: Julia Emelin
• Public Defender for the Russians: Yorgo Constantine
• Russian Translator: Alla Korot
• Detective: Jeff Enden
• Lobruto’s Secretary: Kaily Smith Westbrook
• Evidence Room Cop: Retta

Film Crew:

• Casting: Deborah Aquila
• Music: Mychael Danna
• Original Music Composer: Jeff Danna
• Executive Producer: Hawk Koch
• Director: Gregory Hoblit
• Editor: David Rosenbloom
• Costume Design: Elisabetta Beraldo
• Executive Producer: Toby Emmerich
• Screenplay: Daniel Pyne
• Executive Producer: Liz Glotzer
• Screenplay: Glenn Gers
• Producer: Charles Weinstock
• Director of Photography: Kramer Morgenthau
• Set Decoration: Nancy Nye
• Production Design: Paul Eads
• Casting: Jennifer L. Smith
• Co-Producer: Louise Rosner-Meyer
• Art Direction: Mindy Roffman
• Casting: Tricia Wood
• Associate Producer: Beverly J. Graf
• Associate Producer: Michael Disco
• Script Supervisor: Suzie Sax
• Associate Producer: Samuel J. Brown

Movie Reviews:

• Shreyance Parakh: **Gripping!!**

  *** This review may contain spoilers ***

  Some of you may find (or I should say try to) faults in this gripping courtroom drama but for the rest this movie is a lovely, more than just about courtroom, dual between the ever talented Anthony Hopkins and the not just about looks Ryan Gosling.The chemistry between the two is really difficult to not feel right from the first time in the courtroom where the Hannibal Lecterish Crawford gestures Beachum to adjust his bow tie.It is amazing how the movie grips you despite knowing the fact right from the start who is the killer.Though Crawford is too smart to be believable, the way its played it doesn’t raise the slightest of doubt in your mind about its actual existence.Beachum’s urge to put the devilish Crawford behind bars for trying to kill his wife and then getting away with it can be seen greatly in the scene in the hospital when Beachum tries to stop Crawford from pulling the plug of his wife’s ventilator.The only thing i found missing was the almost lifeless, short lived, romantic relation of Crawford and Nikki Gardner(Rosamund Pike who looks stunning in the movie).Maybe it wouldn’t have helped the movie’s plot in any way except Crawford’s asking for a favor from Gardner’s dad later in the movie that’s why they didn’t put too much efforts to make them a couple.In all a great courtroom, psychological, thrilling, drama with great acting.And i’d better not forget to mention David Strathairn’s portrayal of DA Lobruto which was too good and I’d have loved to see more of him… Don’t miss this one if you like an intriguing courtroom drama!!

• Jack Elliott: This is my kind of film. Suspense throughout, mystery till the very end… I could write a long review about the film but I realise it wouldn’t be that different to what others have already said about it, so my only criticism goes to Anthony Hopkins.

  I enjoy watching Anthony Hopkins. I really do. He is a brilliant actor and deserves all the credit he gets. However, his acting seems rather repetitive. He is always assigned to play the role of a man who is highly intelligent, mysterious, always a man of wisdom. Yes, this makes him an interesting character to watch, but we have seen it so many times. The funny thing though this never gets boring. So, I guess, hats off to him for his ability to make us watch the same character over and over again.

  Would I watch this film again? Well, I guess so, only if it was on the telly and there is nothing else to watch it. Would I make my friends watch it? Possibly.