Showing the true test of time, this movie highlights the influence that others play on us and the importance of opening our mind to hear others out for the general good. I found this movie in my sophomore year and have completely changed the way that I hear out others forever.
This film starts with a brief courtroom scene where the jurors, or the “12 angry men”, are deciding on the fate of a boy who is convicted of killing his father. If he is found guilty, he will be sentenced to death via the electric chair, but he must be found guilty without any reasonable doubt. This means that all 12 men need to agree with the verdict of the boy being innocent or guilty.
In the beginning, the men start with an initial vote with juror #8, Henry Fonda, being the only member who believes he may be innocent. Throughout the movie, it is made very clear the juror #8 does not necessarily belief that he is innocent, but rather that there is a reasonable doubt that he is. As the movie progresses, the men start to believe one by one that there is room for reasonable doubt until the vote is 12-1 in favor of not guilty.
What makes this movie so perfect is its overall simplicity. The entire movie, apart from the first and last minute, takes place in one room. Each character is played perfectly to depict how hearing out others and looking at information from another perspective can be beneficial.
I loved this movie from my very first watch and will continue to suggest it to anybody because of its simplicity of appeal to any audience. I would say to anyone that has doubts due to it being black, this movie still holds up to the test of time and offers valuable principles to anyone watching.

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