It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Story wise this is definitely 10 stars. Its unclear what dramatic embellishments were made, but it is based on a true story, and there was incredible courage required by those involved to pursue this fight.Its a powerful emotional and human perspective on a horrible injustice that most definitely hasn't been resolved. The end of the movie will tell you the life updates of all the major characters, make sure you pay attention to the DA's.While the movie focuses on racial bias against blacks, the issues of legal persecution apply to all people, and the movie does a fair job in illustrating those impacts. As a social issue, there's been no improvement, and likely worsening, since 2000 or 2008, and that is what makes this movie so fundamental and important.

I don't think Americans see it as being like that.What you say is like Stalin's Russia, they call their Patriot Act.It is just their culture, and their beliefs.From their point of view, what may seem to somebody else like just a business matter, they are taught that this is their duty and their fate.They used to call it "Manifest Destiny." Anyway, this is not really the place to discuss all of that.The point is that you can watch ten movies from ten different countries, and you will be able to find at least ten different perspectives that may be different from the one you have.

First off the cast was delicious, Nicole BEHARIE I could watch all day. I've been a big fan of Micheal O'KEEFE since I saw him in "The Great Santini". Here he plays the racist DA who flies a helicopter over the local projects. He'd like to chase everybody out of there but the county can't afford too. However when the Federal Government will give money to counties over drug-dealing convictions he now has the recourses to do just that. He raids them arrests everybody for felony dealing which puts them in jail. If they plead to get out then they have a felony record can't live in the projects and can't vote against him. But one woman stands up and fights the charges and in doing so reveals that the DA trumped up charges and his scheme falls apart before his eyes. This movie gets a 10 because it also blames the victims for the situation they got themselves into. it delves into the mentality of the project people. My only problem is I've extensively read articles when this happened and the actual even is more interesting than the movie.

Muckraker film makes for interesting socio-political cautionary tale, but plot is full of holes and lacks depth. Racism is a delicate subject to cover, and in our current political climate, generally can't be covered with nuance and depth. Will Patton gives a fine performance as the local white attorney who takes a courageous stand. His character has an arc, but the rest are flat. Nicole Beharie is beautiful and charming, and turns in a fine performance with the substandard material she's given. That said, is Texas Stalinist Russia in that people are hauled away in broad daylight, without charges or Miranda Rights? I thought the case would have been thrown out on that basis alone. More plot holes - lots - but I would prefer to avoid spoilers. Not terrible, only fair.