I don't know the book, in fact I don't know any of Grishams books. But I still think this movie is underated at 60 %. Granted, it isn't a masterpiece of filmmaking or delivers award winning acting performances. The story is solid, though. My only wish would have been that it had been more serious. It is in essence a family drama, the crime is more in the background. As is the whole Klan thing. It is there but it never really surfaces. Everything evolves more arround the relationship of Adam towards Sam and a bit of Lee's as well.
The political side and the possible involvement of others is just hinted everywhere but not really discovered. The last minutes were really strong though, but in the end you fail to see Sam being a victim in all of this. He made his bed and lay in it.
As a family drama it is OK, essentialy a strong "7" but if you're looking for a crime/polit thriller than this is not your movie.
Shout by DRNKMNKYBlockedParentSpoilers2015-07-15T15:34:03Z
Surprisingly good movie about the Ku-Klux-Klan member Sam Cayhall who is found guilty for bombing a Jewish lawyer's office and killing two innocent children. 28 days before his execution his grandson (the very young lawyer Adam Hall) tries to safe him and discovers the very brutal and disturbing past of both Sam Cayhall and the Ku-Klux-Klan.