
Rolling Stone
In A Time to Kill, way long at 148 minutes, they cram in too much, including Grisham’s polemics about racism, the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan and the moral dilemma of the death penalty.
Full reviewJoel Schumacher's 1996 adaptation of author John Grisham's legal thriller follows a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, and the young lawyer assigned to defend him. Stars Academy Award nominee Samuel L Jackson alongside Oscar winners Matthew McConaughey and Sandra Bullock.
In A Time to Kill, way long at 148 minutes, they cram in too much, including Grisham’s polemics about racism, the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan and the moral dilemma of the death penalty.
Full reviewA skillfully constructed morality play that pushes all the right buttons and arrives at all the right conclusions.
Full reviewA Time to Kill is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Prime Video and Apple TV and TVNZ On Demand.
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