Find Me Guilty (2006) Movie Review, Trailer, Film Still and Poster

USA 2006
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Aleksa Palladino, Annabella Sciorra
Rating: R
Release Date: 17 March 2006
Running Time: 2 hours 5 minutes

The Movie Review

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Find Me Guilty makes fun of a bitter reality, but it did well. Find Me Guilty is fun and funny. This comedy film tells a true story of a Mobster named Giacomo "Jackie" DiNorscio or better known as Jackie Dee, a member of the Lucchese crime family, that is operating in New Jersey.

The movie begins with a scene where Jackie is shot by his own cousin but instead of taking revenge, Jackie forgives him. After fully recovered, Jackie is caught red-handed doing dope deal with a under covered FBI agent. He is given the option to rat on his friends and family and had his time in jail lopped off, but Jackie refuses it. In November 1986 He is brought on court under The RICO act along with more or less twenty of his friends from The Lucchese Crime Family and Jackie decides to not to use a lawyer and defend himself. A crucial choice in a condition where he is already sentenced for 30 years, and is not advisable by Judge Finestein. What is supposed to be a dark trial becomes a comedy show by Jackie's witty remarks but surprisingly good and smart.

Find Me Guilty will reminds you a lot to the TV like L.A. Law or anything similar which loosely means it doesn't not have much to the plot, but that doesn't mean that a narrow plot is a shallow one. In this case it's deep. All actors performs very good, but critical acclaim goes to Vin Diesel who is besides being a lead actor, he is also got the most difficult part. He proves that he's not all brawn but brainy also. Vin Diesel surely compensates his acting performance for his previous role in The Pacifier. He makes a courtroom like a TV show. Find Me Guilty is fun to watch, I was mesmerized with the dialogue. Adding to Diesel performance, you will get 2 fringe benefits here, first you got to see how Diesel looks like with hair on his head and second you got to see how Diesel would like when he's older (much older).

At one level Find Me Guilty is a drama of no things to be laughed about and is mainly only revolves around the courtroom. At another, it's an interesting comedy that's captivating you with all the performances of the actors, with its musical score that really sets the mood perfectly, and every time a scene is on the brink of stressful condition, Diesel pull it back and saves it with his acting.

At first impression Find Me Guilty may not be that interesting, but after the trial scene begins, you will get hypnotized and really eager to find out how the final verdict of this "Gagster" ends up.

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