Conviction
2010 · Movie · R · 107 min · ★ 7.1 · 64% critics
After her brother is arrested for murder and sentenced to life, a determined Massachusetts wife and mother dedicates herself to overturning the conviction. She returns to school for years, with help from a close friend, carefully reexamining suspicious evidence and using DNA testing when possible to pursue his exoneration.
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-10-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Critic score
- 64/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (653 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Conviction if you like heartfelt, justice-focused true stories about stubborn perseverance and family devotion; Not for you if you dislike slow, conventional dramas or want more suspenseful breakthroughs, unless you prefer similar inspiration like My Cousin Vinny or you're into You're Not You.
Pros: inspirational true-story drive; strong lead performances; determined emotional tone | Cons: slow, repetitive pacing; conventional storytelling; uneven realism
Themes
- prison
- sibling relationship
- massachusetts
- investigation
- trial
- money
- law school
- murder
- christmas
Cast & crew
Hilary Swank
as Betty Anne Waters
Sam Rockwell
as Kenny Waters
Minnie Driver
as Abra Rice
Melissa Leo
as Nancy Taylor
Peter Gallagher
as Barry Scheck
Ari Graynor
as Mandy Marsh
Loren Dean
as Rick Miller
Conor Donovan
as Richard Miller
Owen Campbell
as Ben Miller
- TC
Tobias Campbell
as Young Kenny
Directed by Tony Goldwyn