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Trial By Fire is a thought-provoking film and will not only get you thinking about capital punishment, but life itself. Highly recommend to those after a heavy-hitting drama, or for fans of O'Connell and Dern.
May 17, 2019 · Trial by Fire has a worthy -- and heartbreaking -- story to tell, but this well-acted dramatization is undermined by its aggressively manipulative approach. Read Critics Reviews
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Sep 1, 2018 · ‘Trial by Fire’: Film Review | Telluride 2018. Ed Zwick's fact-based drama 'Trial by Fire' stars Jack O'Connell as a Texas death row inmate and Laura Dern as his compassionate pen...
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Edward Zwick. Writers. Geoffrey Fletcher. David Grann. Stars. Jack O'Connell. Laura Dern. Emily Meade. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. RENT/BUY. from $4.29. Add to Watchlist. Added by 24.2K users. 116 User reviews. 37 Critic reviews. 51 Metascore. Videos 11.
"Trial by Fire" is a very angry film, and these choices are unnecessary and sentimental. "Trial by Fire" is a weird mix. It's a rage-ball of a film, a furious op-ed column (with extant footage of then-governor Rick Perry praising Texas' death penalty laws), but also a conventional melodrama about a woman neglecting her resentful teenage kids ...
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 61% based on 70 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, " Trial by Fire has a worthy and heartbreaking story to tell, but this well acted dramatization is undermined by its aggressive manipulative approach."
Trial by Fire is beautifully acted, especially by Dern, who plays a woman who is looking for purpose while also trying to raise her kids right, even though they don't always believe in what...
