Just Mercy

Based on a true story, we follow young lawyer and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, he might have had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned, with the support of a local advocate. One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of a man who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie.

137 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Violence, Prejudice).
Drama.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

So you say the glove didn’t fit?

Credits

Cast	Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Rob Morgan
Director	Destin Daniel Cretton
Screenplay	Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham, from the book by Bryan Stevenson
Music	Joel P. West
Cinematography	Brett Pawlak
Editing	Nat Sanders
Soundtrack	Listen to samples or get it right now on Amazon Affiliate link
Made in	2019
Produced by	Endeavor Content, MACRO, Netter Productions, Netter Productions, Outlier Society, Participant

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Moderate impact, fairly frequent, in cludes language of racial and gender prejudice.
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Moderate. Fairly frequent physical and psychological violence, no blood.
Prejudice	Mild impact, racial and gender prejudice. Frequent, thematic, justified within the historical context of this story and disapproved of.
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned	Rated PG-13 for thematic content including some racial epithets.
Runtime	136
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

British Board of Film Classification rating

12A: Suitable for 12 years and older	Execution scene, Racist language, Moderate threat, Language
Runtime	137
British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 13 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Metacritic.com 43 critics	14
Rottentomatoes critics 197 critics	14
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Just Mercy dramatizes a real-life injustice with solid performances, a steady directorial hand, and enough urgency to overcome a certain degree of earnest advocacy.	17
CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Effective, intense drama about racism and justice; swearing.	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 26 users	12
Rottentomatoes users 4420 users	19
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter	20
IMDB 2805 Netizens	14
Average .. 75%	15