Fresh
A likable -- maybe even lovable -- movie.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
A Time to Kill
Experience a time you'll never forget.
1996 · 2h 29m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Joel Schumacher
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A Time to Kill
Overview
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Director and cast
- Joel Schumacher Director
- Matthew McConaughey as Jake Tyler Brigance
- Sandra Bullock as Ellen Roark
- Samuel L. Jackson as Carl Lee Hailey
- Kevin Spacey as D.A. Rufus Buckley
- Ashley Judd as Carla Brigance
- Charles S. Dutton as Sheriff Ozzie Walls
- Donald Sutherland as Lucien Wilbanks
- Oliver Platt as Harry Rex Vonner
- Brenda Fricker Cast
- Kiefer Sutherland Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
66%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Although it has its share of implausibilities, A Time To Kill is generally the most satisfying of the John Grisham screen adaptations to date.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Rotten
Justice may be blind, but rarely have courtroom dramas presumed quite so heavily on cultural myopia as this heinous version of John Grisham's first novel.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
If the film doesn't add up to a cogent legal argument, neither does it have trouble delivering 2 hours and 20 minutes' worth of sturdy, highly charged drama.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Untrained as an actor, with only three minor roles to his credit, McConaughey holds the screen against Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock and Kevin Spacey, and completely justifies the buzz surrounding his role...
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
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