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Avg. Critic Score: 65 out of 100 Generally favorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
17 not for kids
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    Perhaps no director has so thoroughly explored the American concept of police work, prosecution and legal justice, and Find Me Guilty is a film that brings the 81-year-old filmmaker thematically full circle, back to his starting point, 1957's "12 Angry Men." Read full review

  • 80
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    Find Me Guilty, Mr. Lumet's first feature film in seven years, catches him near the top of his game. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This movie by its nature is not thrilling, but it is very genuinely interesting, and that is rare. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    All the acting is solid including a knock-'em-dead single scene by Annabella Sciorra as Jackie's ex-wife. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Eddie Cockrell

    Part mob-trial thriller, part "dese 'n' dose" extended standup routine, character-rich pic plays like vintage Lumet, mining the grim comedy from life-and-death legal wranglings in the manner of "Dog Day Afternoon," "Prince of the City" and "The Verdict." Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    A sharp-looking Mob drama with a gooey moral center. Read full review

  • 63
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    An old-style mob movie based on a real court case and a real character - a colorful character - Find Me Guilty is about loyalty, family, and a bunch of good fellas. Read full review

  • 63
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Sadly, Lumet's skill at bringing out the juice in actors isn't enough to save the film from overkill. Read full review

  • 60
    Washington Post | Teresa Wiltz

    Though we were wooed by Diesel -- notwithstanding that rug -- we were less enamored with the film's scraggly script. Find Me Guilty is a courtroom drama (much of the dialogue is culled from court transcripts) without a whole lot of drama going on. Read full review

  • 50
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    The best I can say about his (Diesel)performance is that it's charmingly terrible. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says not for kids Dumb Vin Diesel gangster movie isn't for kids.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this film begins with a shooting. Following this explicit, bloody violence, the film is mostly talk, as gangsters testify to their experiences in court. The film contains one sex scene (gangster's ex-wife visits him in an interrogation room, where their activity is interrupted by guards). Characters smoke cigarettes and cigars, and drink wine and liquor. The protagonist appears on the toilet in one scene. There is frequent use of "f--k" and other profanity. Courtroom exchanges include slangy references to violence, drug use, and sex.
  • Families can talk about the notion of "family" presented here: How do the gangsters see themselves as loyal to one another? How does Jackie's dedication to his "boys" seem to supersede his self-interest? Does the movie glamorize the gangster lifestyle?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Gangsters are treated sympathetically and comically, overshadowing their work (murder, racketeering, etc.).
What to watch for
  • violence false5 Violence: Opens with a brutal shooting of protagonist (explicit and bloody); afterwards, discussion of violence (shootings, beatings, burials).
  • sex false3 Sex: Sexual language and jokes; discussion of unwanted homosexual "advances" interrupted sexual encounter in a prison visiting room.
  • language false5 Language: Frequent use of f-word and other profanities.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Smoking and drinking -.
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