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Under Suspicion (2000)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 5/25

5/25: After working together in Unforgiven, Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman deliver a new film that promises to let everybody down big time.

Think of 12 Angry Men. Everybody is working so hard to convince each other of the boy's guilt. The longer the show goes on, the more dramatic it becomes. All of a sudden, with minutes left, the bailiff opens the door and says...the case has been thrown out. That means your time has been thoroughly wasted for nothing. That's Under Suspicion in a nutshell.

I don't know what to say. Actually a remake of Garde à Vue, it has good acting, a solid story, and strong editing. I was with everybody the whole time, but there were a couple of issues that kept gnawing at me. One, if Henry Hearst, an educated man who happens to be a tax attorney, is really guilty, shouldn't he lawyer up and be quiet instead? Two, there's no way the police is allowed to interrogate his wife due to spousal privilege.

All in all, you should resist the urge to see Under Suspicion, no matter how much Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman are prominently featured.

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