True Crime (1999)
First screened in February 2020
Director: Clint Eastwood. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, James Woods, Bernard Hill, Denis Leary, LisaGay Hamilton, Diane Venora, Michael Jeter, Michael McKean, Mary McCormack, Hattie Winston, Francesca Eastwood, Penny Bae Bridges, Sydney Poitier, Graham Beckel, Christine Ebersole, Frances Fisher, John Finn, Laila Robbins, Anthony Zerbe, Lucy Liu. Screenplay: Larry Gross, Paul Brickman, and Stephen Schiff (based on the novel by Andrew Klavan). Twitter Capsule:
Weak mystery. Flimsy with character; Eastwood badly miscasts himself. Strains to adopt a clear point of view on racism.
VOR:③
Rare to see Eastwood assay this kind of theme; when he does, it's rarely a strong suit. In fact, watching this movie wrestle with its split identities is interesting.
