The Onion Field

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CodyZamboni Z Compelling true crime story that spurned a decades long trial and how it affected everyone involved, The center of the fllm is the intense, scary, menacing performance by James Woods. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Cinema S An adequate adaptation made supreme by James Woods's searing performance. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/13/24 Full Review Alec B The movie often underlines its themes in some clumsy ways however I appreciate the slow pacing which does a better job of examining the inherently unsatisfying concept of "justice" both in legal and emotionally satisfying terms. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/10/24 Full Review Ravenswood R A tough slog. Standard, bland, cliched, and overly dramatic. Overacted. It is impossible to even care what is happening or what will happen next - and what will happen next is entirely predictable. Sixteen separate changes of mood and tone are presented in "character developing" stories, which in the end mean nothing. Why? Because we don't care about any of the 20 stereotypical stock characters. Weak dialogue, completely unbelievable scenes. Very bad bright and sideways stage lighting and cinematography which is not pleasant to watch. Ham-fisted cuts and jumps between scenes. Violent things happen that are simply inconceivable as presented. Weepy, tear-jerking performances are laughably overdone. Out of nowhere ,and for no reason at all in the context of the film, there are gay implications and homoerotic scenes and gestures which make no sense whatsoever, especially since they are depicted in a clearly homophobic way. This movie is set in 1963, but it reeks of 1979 mid-budget television production. The hairstyles and mood are all contemporary with 1978, but for some reason they all wear mid sixties clothes. No one cares about the Huge Crime that was committed that drives the story, since we know what happened, and it was not very interesting when it did. Court and "justice" scenes are terrible and pure fantasy vs. how the justice system really works. A very weak film. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/11/23 Full Review Blobbo X Scattershot narrative causes focus to become progressively more diffuse as movie goes on. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The movie often underlines its themes in some clumsy ways however I appreciate the slow pacing which does a better job of examining the inherently unsatisfying concept of "justice" both in legal and emotionally satisfying terms. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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