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Just Mercy
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Just Mercy is a 2019 American biographical drama film written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. The movie features a cast including Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and produced by Netter Productions, Outlier Society, Endeavor Content, MACRO, and One Community. The narrative is set in Alabama and explores themes involving the death penalty, judges, innocence, and lawyers.
The film has a runtime of 137 minutes and was released on December 25, 2019. It was also distributed via video on demand on dates including February 17 and February 27, 2020. Just Mercy was produced with a budget of 25,000,000 and generated revenue of 50,401,502. The tagline for the film is "Every generation has its hero. Meet ours."
Critical reception includes review scores of 85%, 7.1 out of 10, and 7.6 out of 10. An IMDb rating of 7.6 and a TMDb vote average of 7.853 are recorded. The film is assessed against the Bechdel test. It is based on a true story and is presented in the English language.
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7.9The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
Cast
- Michael B. Jordan as Bryan Stevenson
- Brie Larson as Eva Ansley
- Jamie Foxx as Walter McMillian
- O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Anthony Ray Hinton
- Rafe Spall as Tommy Champan
- Rob Morgan as Herbert Richardson
Themes
- death penalty
- judge
- innocence
- based on true story
- lawyer
- electric chair
- racism
- execution
- justice
- humiliation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- Screenwriter
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- Cast member
- Tim Blake Nelson
- Narrative location
- Alabama
- Duration
- 131
- FilmAffinity ID
- 508846
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.justmercyfilm.com
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- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- film editor
- Nat Sanders
- publication date
- 2020-02-14
- title
- Just Mercy
- Commons category
- Just Mercy
- social media followers
- 7382
- review score
- 7.6/10
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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