Wonderful character development!

Great Film overall

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

I love me some good courtroom dramas. This was a fine addition to the genre. Especially interesting because it was based on real life lawyer Thurgood Marshall and his struggle to become a accepted lawyer in a world of racisms and discrimination. He sure has the talents and knowledge but his color is his is way. Chadwick Boseman was truly great in the lead which is another prove for his potential to become one of the most interesting characters of his generation - even beyond his "Black Panther" legacy. Josh Gad also turned into a surprisingly serious role and his performance is even more surprisingly great! I hope he follows this route more in future because he really got a lot of talent and convincingly played Marshall's partner. Kate Hudson was okay but nothing really special or memorable. Sterling K. Brown was fantastic and once again proves that he is one of the most versatile actors of the recent years. Dan Steven and James Cromwell were okay but both can do bette. The problem I had with it was that the film often looked like a ordinary made for-TV feature which doesnt really justifies its performances and source material and often created some little lengths. But other than that a good actors film with an important and relevant story.

It's 1941. Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) travels the country as NAACP's only lawyer crusading for black defendants against the racist justice system. His next case is in Greenwich, Connecticut where rich housewife Eleanor Strubing (Kate Hudson) has accused her driver Joseph Spell (Sterling K. Brown) of raping her. Insurance lawyer Sam Friedman (Josh Gad) is recruited. He's reluctant and on top of that, Judge Foster (James Cromwell) refuses to accept Marshall into the local state bar. With Marshall silenced in court and with no criminal court experience, Friedman has to battle entitled prosecutor Loren Willis (Dan Stevens).This is a biodrama of one particular case with future Supreme Court judge Marshall. The story is compelling and the history is fascinating. The actors are all first rate. The actual court case does have some awkward turns. It's a thin line between blaming the victim and searching for the truth. It may help to definitively declare Spell as innocent from the start. This shouldn't be a courtroom mystery and should skew more towards underdog courtroom drama. If Marshall gets the truth from Spell at the beginning, he would come out looking even better. There are a lot of twisting that reminds me too much of a TV courtroom drama. I do love a lot of this movie but little things keep bugging me. For example, I love the kitchen knife joke but their kiss after temple strikes me as too much. I prefer a knowing touch and a sweet smile for her husband to drive home that scene much better. None of the little issues prevent me from really enjoying this well-acted compelling historical drama.

This film tells the story of a African American lawyer, who fights against social Injustice by helping people who are charged with crimes because of their skin color."Marshall" tells a compelling story of the fight for the right and just. The story is gripping because it is not an easy fight. Indeed, the African American characters evoke much sympathy and really connects with the viewers. I enjoyed it a lot.

Anyone who's come of age in the 21st century probably knows Thurgood Marshall as a Supreme Court Justice. What's important is that in the decades leading up to his appointment to the court, he was a lawyer for the NAACP, defending African-Americans wrongly accused of crimes based on racial prejudice. One of his most important cases took place in Connecticut in the early 1940s. This case is the subject of Reginald Hudlin's "Marshall", starring Chadwick Boseman in the title role. The case centered on Joseph Spell, a black man employed by a wealthy family in town. The wife accused him of raping her. Marshall and local lawyer Sam Friedman (Josh Gad) defended Spell.There have been a lot of movies focusing on trials, and movies focusing on racial issues. Even so, "Marshall" is still a tense movie. Part of what it shows is how the local newspapers were openly hostile to Spell - one even depicting him as a gorilla - reminding us just how woven racism was into the fabric of the US, whether in the south or the north. But Marshall and Friedman pressed on, even amid physical threats.This is definitely a movie that everyone should see. It calls attention to the continued issue of race relations in our country, and the legal challenges that non-white people face on a daily basis. Also starring Kate Hudson, James Cromwell, Dan Stevens and Sterling K. Brown.