A true-life courtroom drama written and directed by Aaron Sorkin? Sold... and what a film this is. It goes without saying that - being Sorkin - direction is tight and the screenplay is absolute perfection, but this film is easily up there with his best work. The cast is uniformly exceptional, from the gravitas and intelligent understanding of the role of the unsatisfactory judge (Frank Langella) to the two lawyers pitched into a show-case trial (Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Mark Rylance, both superb here) and the defendants themselves, including a committed Eddie Redmayne in one of his more authentic performances and a genuinely impressive dramatic turn by Sacha Baron Cohen, and even a noteworthy strong cameo by Michael Keaton. The pace, power and wit of the script and its delivery are both breath-taking and impressive, and the true-events backdrop is conveyed with importance and sincerity. At times hilarious and shocking, this is an immensely powerful and impressive film.
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