Roger Ebert
"Reversal of Fortune" is above all a triumph of tone. The director, Barbet Schroeder, and the writer, Nicholas Kazan, have not made a docudrama or a sermon, but a film about personalities.
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Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Jeremy Irons won an Academy Award for his performance in this crime mystery based on the true story of a wealthy socialite who hires brilliant law professor Alan Dershowitz (Ron Silver) to help overturn his convictions for the attempted murder of his wife (Glenn Close). Director Barbet Schroeder was nominated for an Oscar, as was screenwriter Nicholas Kazan for adapting Dershowitz' book.
1990Rating: PG, Coarse language111 minsUSA, Japan, UK
DramaMysteryTrue Story & Biography
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Rolling Stone
Schroeder’s spellbinder is a potent anomaly: a feeling film about the lack of feeling that defined an era.
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TV Guide
Irons's canny performance dominates the film. He plays the role with apparent frankness and dignity rather than melodramatic villainy, and Schroeder's camera frames him in isolation to convey his bleakness and solitude.
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Reversal of Fortune (1990) is available to stream in New Zealand now on Apple TV.