Trial by Fire
2018 · Movie · R · 127 min · ★ 7.0 · 57% critics
After a deadly house fire claims three children, a father is convicted and sent to death row in Texas. As years pass, a determined advocate digs into the case and finds troubling questions about the investigation and courtroom process, raising doubts about whether justice was truly served.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2019-05-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Critic score
- 57/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (274 votes)
About
You’ll likely connect with this if you watch true-crime dramas about wrongful convictions and the death penalty, especially if you liked Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile or Snowden; Not for you if you want light viewing or fast pacing.
Pros: powerful performances; emotionally gripping; thought-provoking justice themes | Cons: heavy subject matter; slow second half; uneven character arc
Themes
- falsely accused
- texas
- biography
- based on true story
- trial
- arson
- based on magazine, newspaper or article
- death of a child
Cast & crew
Jack O'Connell
as Cameron Todd Willingham
Laura Dern
as Elizabeth Gilbert
Emily Meade
as Stacy Willingham
Jade Pettyjohn
as Julie Gilbert
Rhoda Griffis
as Darlene
Blair Bomar
as Sandy
McKinley Belcher III
as Ponchai
Catherine Carlen
as Abigail
Noah Lomax
as Andrew
Whitney Goin
as Myrtle
Directed by Edward Zwick