If Juror #2 is to be 94-year-old director Clint Eastwoods final film, let the record reflect that this courtroom drama is a meaty, twisty, mainstream winner. Few directors of any age would have succeeded as well as Eastwood in delivering such a clean, unfussy throwback thriller that doesnt just lean into its moral conundrums, but also dines on them. Working from a noose-tightening screenplay by Jonathan Abrams that always manages to pull itself back from the brink of airport novel-absurdity, Eastwood intricately weaves in layers of complexity while still keeping things accessible and downright compelling.
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