A Time to Kill

1996 • 149 minutes
4.6
653 reviews
R
Rating
Eligible
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John Grisham's bestseller A Time to Kill hits the screen with incendiary force, directed by Joel Schumacher (Batman Forever, The Client). Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey and Kevin Spacey portray the principals in a murder trial that brings a small Mississippi town's racial tensions to the flashpoint. Amid a frenzy of activist marches, Klan terror, media clamor and brutal riots, an unseasoned but idealistic young attorney mounts a stirring courtroom battle for justice. The superb ensemble also includes Brenda Fricker, Oliver Platt, Charles S. Dutton, Ashley Judd, Patrick McGoohan, Chris Cooper and both Donald and Keifer Sutherland. These and other talents make A Time to Kill "one ofthe year's most powerful films" (Jeffrey Lyons, SNEAK PREVIEW/ABC WORLD NEWS NOW). MPAA Rating: R
Rating
R

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4.6
653 reviews
_Lazarus Mensah
April 27, 2020
Putting this on during Stream & chill, it shockingly lacked the Beautiful,almost Neon colors i remembered as a kid watching. I did go *all the way* as it played,so it won't just stop testing other Anime.It being Ashy worked in my favor that night! Amazingly it can still hold his own against modern Animes.
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Erin Collins
May 1, 2021
Had the potential to be truly moving, but often corny, like a sitcom jumping from one fantastical incident to the next. Still, it had a good message overall, and a happy-feel-good ending, for which it earned all 3 stars. If you want something to think deeply about pass this one up.
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Ms.Gwendolyn Pittman Tharpe,
December 31, 2021
Viewers, I seen this movie before, However had to watch it again for old times sake, yes it's built on racism, & how other individuals, treat another human being I feel those white supremacist, two guys, got just what they deserved, for raping that little African American, ten years old little girl, not only did they rape her, they destroyed her little womb, never can give birth scared for life mentally& emotionally, in my opinion justice served. The father did what he felt that was right, 👉
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