Trial by Jury

More often that not, I'll call a movie overrated, but this one, I think, is underrated. It features solid acting and a very involving story. There isn't as much violence as most modern-day crime movies and that's fine because this... Full review

In New York, Valerie Alston (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) is a single woman, who has a small son and is the owner of a store of clothes. She is convoked to participate of the jury of the trial of the mobster Rusty... Full review

A antique shop-owner in NYC, played by Joanne Whalley(Valerie Alston)gets put on a US District Court jury, on a trial of a known Mafioso Armand Asante(Rusty Pirone), and most of this very slow-paced film revolves around attempts of Pirone attempting... Full review

Two years after this movie was made, "The Juror" came out. Don't waste your time on this one. See "The Juror" instead. "The Juror" is essentially the same story as "Trial By Jury," with better acting, better directing and a... Full review

Am I the only person that thinks this movie is waaaaay to similar to "The Juror" with Demi Moore? Let's see, let's start with jury intimidation, young son threatened, rape. I always thought this movie was a very good movie... Full review

Trial By Jury isn't a bad movie or anything but it's fairly predictable and isn't really a must see. The best thing about the movie is Joane Whaley in the lead role.The similarities to "The Juror" have been noted here... Full review

A good cast and entertaining plot find themselves foiled by a pedestrian script and ludicrous conclusion in this rather old-fashioned pot-boiler. Joanne Whalley-Kilmer looks ravishing as the whiter-than-white single mum who, upon being called to jury duty, finds herself terrorised... Full review

Pirone (Armand Assante) is a mob boss being brought to trial by DA Graham (Gabriel Bryne). When the star witness is whacked Graham replaces him with another mob boss. Pirone targets once of the jury, a single mother Valerie (Joanne... Full review

Margaret Whitton, Ed Lauter, Mike Starr, and David Cronenberg in an amusing cameo as a film director, the movie is far-fetched.... ... Full Review

And at the same time, Green wasn't a Hollywood insider who might have gotten hold of the Trial by Jury script: He was an out-of-work novelist so broke after the failure of his well-reviewed first thriller ( The Caveman's Valentine , which was made into an ambitious but ultimately pretty terrible movie in 2001) that he was reduced to moving in with his parents in Georgia. ... Full Review

For a while, "Trial by Jury" moves along like a standard television trial film, with a greater ambition evident in both casting and production values. The bad guys ensure their view by threatening the life of her 7-year old son (Bryan Shilowich). ... Full Review

Even charismatic top-rank stars like William Hurt, Gabriel Byrne and Joanne Whalley-Kilmer can't resuscitate this leaden-paced legal thriller. The only saving grace at the outset is Kathleen Quinlan's nice 'n' nasty turn as Wanda, a hard-bitten hooker/contract killer. ... Full Review

Apparently, however, Trial by Jury has chosen to herald that picture.....Left out are numerous instances of overacting, underacting, terrible dialogue, and poor plotting.....such advertisements use only the best scenes.....Even as an homage to '40s film noir flicks, it's woeful.....The theatrical and television previews make this film look like a clever thriller centered around this dilemma..... ... Full Review

Joanne Whalley-Kilmer stars as a woman corrupted by the criminal justice system in this courtroom suspense thriller. She plays a civil servant named Valerie Alston, a single mother living in New York City, who gets placed on a jury trying... ... Full Article

Question: Both Trial by Jury and The Juror share the same exact plot about a female juror - Joanne Whalley in the former and Demi Moore in the latter, who's coerced into rendering a "not guilty" verdict to acquit a... ... Full Article