Thanks for the memories!

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

'The Juror' features a character that works for the mob and is a master of manipulation, he can spin a woman into sex and then murder her without even thinking about it. He uses a calming voice and tricky, twisty and inventive ways to coerce anyone into anything. The problem with 'The Juror' is that his target is so stupid that we don't sense that he has to work very hard.Her name is Annie (Demi Moore) and she is happily serving on a jury in which a mafia godfather is on trial for murder. When asked if she knows the facts of the case she says that she knows a little about it from her son. What moron would mention her kid in a courtroom with the mob boss and his henchman sitting there listening? Because, if she didn't there would be no reason for her to be chased down by the mob - That's why!.A mafia hit-man breaks into her home and copies some documents and photographs. The next day he returns to the house posing as an art collector (Annie is a sculptor) and pays a large sum of cash for one of her works then asks her out to dinner. He is called The Teacher and is played well by Alec Baldwin who manages to turn in good performances in bad movies. Naturally, The Teacher informs Annie that all she has to do is say two little words - Not Guilty or bad things will befall her and those around her especially her son.The movie goes on and on and on even after the trial is over. It includes a particularly ugly scene in which The Teacher seduces and then murders Annie's best friend. This leads to a complicated series of cat and mouse scenes one less believable than the next until the movie ends up in Guatemala for reasons I still can't explain.'The Juror' would have been served will be sticking to the basic idea but it loads on scene after scene of excruciating thriller baggage. In the end it's us in the audience who pay the penalty for having to sit through such a needlessly long movie.

Reading most of the previous reviews made me wonder... This movie is a thriller from the word go and total escapism, yet, many reviewers pretend a perfect script, a flawless sequence of events --life like-- without realizing that this is not a documentary, with dates, statistics and absolutely realistic situations.IT'S JUST A MOVIE!!Seat back and enjoy it!! there isn't more than that!!We are not watching an Ingmar Bergman or Antonioni film here. It's just a thriller, and as such, an EXCELLENT ONE!!I followed it in total concentration, being captivated by such superb actors and director and finding all scenes and sequences amazingly perfect.There is not a single word spoken unnecessarily and every one is always in character, plus a great photography and as eye candy Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin, two superb actors on top of being gorgeous.I found this movie above average for a thriller, surprisingly above average!!

Alex Baldwin is incredibly believable as a rather warped demonic figure. Fun to watch even if a bit predictable. The premise was interesting, hanging on the edge of Gothic Novel. I could believe in his head trips, because he himself believed in them.Demi Moore, well, is as always Demi Moore.I have a tough time losing myself in the story when Ms. Moore is in the scene. She is a great grandstander (Kate Hepburn or Joan Crawford) except that she is playing ... herself. Actors practice their lines to find their characters, it is easy for me to picture D.M reading her script across the table from Bruce Willis and asking him if she sounds okay.I have to confess; the only movie I believed her to be IN was G.I Jane. The role did not surprise me, it fit. As for the rest, her co actors, no matter how small the part, seem to carry the films she is in. They act and build the story for her while the director makes sure to center the camera on her whenever she speaks. The movie is made because she is in it. None of this is exactly true, but it is how I feel about it when it is all said and done.

Alec Baldwin's character talks so much and is so self-righteous that I wanted one of the other characters to yell "Shut up already!". It's hard to think of a more annoying character in movies. James Gandolfini is good, Anne Heche is also enjoyable, and Demi Moore is okay. Baldwin just seems way too impressed with himself and his monologues for this movie to be successful in any way. The story itself has interesting possibilities, but they're overwhelmed by the unconvincing Baldwin character and the submissive way the other characters react to him. One of those movies that I was glad to see end. Very unpleasant movie with an annoying, self-impressed main character.