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After Tom overhears Claire talking to Charlie on the phone, a short scuffle between Claire and Tom ensues, during which Claire fears for her life. The Salvadorian witness shoots Tom through the window, and the film ends with Charlie and Claire partnering a new law firm.
As if sensing this, the filmmakers try to create the impression of a happy ending with a tacked-on denouement. The determinedly perky sitcom-banter of these final moments serves only to ensure that High Crimes goes out on a note as bland as its title.
Apr 5, 2002 · High Crimes: Directed by Carl Franklin. With Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Jim Caviezel, Adam Scott. A successful lawyer's husband is arrested for murdering nine villagers in El Salvador in 1988 as a US soldier under a different name. She decides to defend him in military court and find out the truth about what happened.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Carl Franklin
- 2002-04-05
Oct 7, 2002 · Archive of reviews ending. 2 May 2008... Ashley Judd plays a lawyer forced to defend her husband of murder in this slick but predictable courtroom drama.
Apr 5, 2002 · Share full article. Ashley Judd, as a lawyer fighting to clear her husband (Jim Caviezel) of charges stemming from a massacre in El Salvador in the 1980's, is plucky and appealing as ever. For his ...
- Carl Franklin
Submitted by Linda R. High Crimes. Because sometimes, the surprise “spoiler” ending is the only reason you’d pay $11 to see what is otherwise a turkey of a film. Because sometimes, you vaguely remember an old movie that had some sort of plot twist at the end of it, but can’t remember what it was.
Apr 4, 2002 · Hot-headed shadows in the dark beat up Claire,Charlie fights alcohol, and in the end you actually do care about thesecharacters. What a waste though! By the time the credits roll, mostpeople are...
