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<blockquote data-quote="curiousbrain" data-source="post: 816037" data-attributes="member: 31608"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_Me_Guilty" target="_blank">Find Me Guilty</a>, with Vin Diesel.Based on a true story, this is a pretty good film. It won&#039;t change your life, but it is funny and entertaining - and there were several times where I had to pause the film and look up whether certain events really happened, or whether it was liberties taken by the filmmaker, which I think speaks to the quality of the portrayal of the events.A departure from Diesel&#039;s usual roles, he is actually really good in this comedy-drama of sorts and carries the film as a goofy and quirky gangster who, dare I say, really loves his friends; I wouldn&#039;t mind seeing him play more roles like this, as opposed to Pitch Black and the like. Add in a dash of Ron Silver as a judge, as well as a lawyer afflicted with dwarfism, and it somehow works inside the courtroom.The plot is kind of thin, in that it is mostly an expose for the first fifteen minutes or so, and the rest of the film takes place inside the courtroom - in that sense, the plot is thin; as far as the substance of the issues dealt with in the courtroom, it varies. The feel and tone of the film makes it difficult to deal with deep legal issues, so don&#039;t expect any &quot;Isn&#039;t it true ...&quot; scenes, but there is enough there to hold your interest.Overall, good flick - but having seen it last week, what I remember most is that Vin Diesel didn&#039;t shoot anyone in the film.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="curiousbrain, post: 816037, member: 31608"] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_Me_Guilty"]Find Me Guilty[/URL], with Vin Diesel. Based on a true story, this is a pretty good film. It won't change your life, but it is funny and entertaining - and there were several times where I had to pause the film and look up whether certain events really happened, or whether it was liberties taken by the filmmaker, which I think speaks to the quality of the portrayal of the events. A departure from Diesel's usual roles, he is actually really good in this comedy-drama of sorts and carries the film as a goofy and quirky gangster who, dare I say, really loves his friends; I wouldn't mind seeing him play more roles like this, as opposed to Pitch Black and the like. Add in a dash of Ron Silver as a judge, as well as a lawyer afflicted with dwarfism, and it somehow works inside the courtroom. The plot is kind of thin, in that it is mostly an expose for the first fifteen minutes or so, and the rest of the film takes place inside the courtroom - in that sense, the plot is thin; as far as the substance of the issues dealt with in the courtroom, it varies. The feel and tone of the film makes it difficult to deal with deep legal issues, so don't expect any "Isn't it true ..." scenes, but there is enough there to hold your interest. Overall, good flick - but having seen it last week, what I remember most is that Vin Diesel didn't shoot anyone in the film. [/QUOTE]

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