Watched this from the direction recommendation of Sacha, who said I'll like it, and that made me expect to be let down, but he was right, I did like it. 12 Angry Men is about a jury (consisting of the 12 'angry' men) debating the guilt of an 18-year-old boy charged with murdering his father. Save for the characters entering and exiting the jury room at the beginning and end, the entire film takes place within a jury room.
The film's appeal lies in its thought-provoking and outstandingly intelligent dialogue. Only briefly in the film's last moments are any characters' names used, but even more impressive is that the entire film is a discussion about hypothetical events, with the jurors offering theories and persuading one another as personalities collide and egos clash. While the film had a common running length of 96 minutes, I found myself feeling like I'd been watching for hours. This could be good or bad but I see it as good; feeling like I was in that jury room with them, not that it was dragging on but that I was absorbed in it. 8/10
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