Aaron Sorkin is way too good a writer to be forced to work with such a mediocre director as Aaron Sorkin

20 minutes in i realized this was a 2+ hour courtroom drama and groaned out loud. why didn’t anyone warn me the trial of the chicago 7 was about a trial

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

take a shot every time you hear a line of dialogue that aaron sorkin probably jerked off to after he wrote it

real life abbie hoffman:
"you are talking to a leftist. i believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. i believe in universal hospital care for everyone. i believe that we should not have a single homeless person in the richest country in the world. and i believe that we should not have a CIA that goes around overwhelming governments and assassinating political leaders, working for tight oligarchies around the world to protect the tight oligarchy here at home."

aaron sorkin's abbie hoffman:
"i think the institutions of our democracy are WONDERFUL things, that right now are populated by some terrible people."

fuck you sorkin, you sanctimonious prick

the half star belongs solely to michael keaton, who i find it impossible to hate

objection.

I think I really don't like Eddie Redmayne.

*credits roll*
me: well that was awful
jeremy strong, crying: what?
me: i said lawful. lots of law

it almost feels wrong to see eddie redmayne in normal clothes instead of period dramas costumes

successions stans omggg y’all are gonna FREAK

and to think that all this could’ve been avoided, had Jeremy Strong given the policeman a Pepsi.

I hope they have Netflix in Kazakhstan because this is the only time they’ll ever get to see Borat put on trial.

the biggest love-hate relationship i have is with this movie
(just being clear i LOVED it but just the fact that this happened boils my blood)

Pretty good court-room dealie. I don't know how much of it is true but fairly entertaining anyhoo. Could have used some more women in it.

I’ve heard from many people that this was a bad film but I have to disagree. It isn’t necessarily the greatest film but it shouldn’t be painted as a bad film by any means. + Sacha Baron Fucking Cohen, what more could you ask for.

My wife!

Some of my favorite cinematography I’ve seen in a while. Story is phenomenal. Acting is great. Not a single complaint about this film.

la película está bien y realmente la ves de un tirón, pero luego te pones a leer sobre historia yanki y te das cuenta que las cosas que te rechinaban son porque resultan ser una auténtica invención y que está película tiene tanto de fidelignia como una cuenta bot de tuiter: a veces acierta pero en general no hay que hacerle mucho caso

he marcado como me gusta una review que lo prueba bastante bien

A little fast-paced for my short attention span and compulsion to multitask whenever I watch movies, but enjoyable nonetheless. I appreciated the balance between fun, sharp humor and emphasis on how undemocratic the trial situation was

aaron sorkin’s writing is just masterful, and the pacing of this movie is incredible

As a Canadian I didn’t understand much when it came to the history and they also didn’t explain it to foreigners however it still made me want to scream so I believe it achieved its goal.

I watched it for sacha and I don't regret. Personally loved it!

Watching this somewhat dramatized retelling of the historical events filled me with both hope and misery. Here it is, 50 years later, and some would argue 50 years worse off. Mostly because of the past 4 years. Anyway, I want to read more about this trial because of Sorkin's movie and the portrayals of the people involved. It sounds utterly fascinating and terrifying.

The film was quite good, great performances all around, even Eddie Redmayne! I may feel that way because for the first half of his performance I thought he was someone else. See, systemic bias is real. Cohen was great in an awards-bait role, and you know, this was an entertaining and occasionally funny and informative movie. An Aaron Sorkin movie.

Watched on Netflix