Just Mercy is a sugar glazed steak: the meat of the story is incredible but it's covered with so much saccharine that it's hard to digest.
The story of the civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson who went to Alabama to defend the rights of under represented convicts on death row is moving, but the way it's told here -- a series of static shots where talking heads take turns making speeches -- saps the sincerity from the story. Read Mr. Stevenson's book of the same title instead or, if you want to see something, try Dead Man Walking or Mississippi Burning.
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Just Mercy is a sugar glazed steak: the meat of the story is incredible but it's covered with so much saccharine that it's hard to digest.
The story of the civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson who went to Alabama to defend the rights of under represented convicts on death row is moving, but the way it's told here -- a series of static shots where talking heads take turns making speeches -- saps the sincerity from the story. Read Mr. Stevenson's book of the same title instead or, if you want to see something, try Dead Man Walking or Mississippi Burning.