Storyline
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.
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Cast
Juan Carlos Hernández, Adam Scott, Emilio Rivera, Arlen Escarpeta, Morgan Freeman, Jude Ciccolella, Jim Caviezel, Dendrie Taylor, Tom Bower, Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Amanda Peet, Karen Kahn, Bruce Davison, Michael Gaston, Paula Jai Parker, Kyle T. Heffner, Stephen Jared, Randy Mulkey, John Billingsley, Jesse Beaton, Dawn Hudson, John Apicella, Florence Regina, Julie Remala, Joe Mazza, Maureen McVerry, Jake Gentry, Alex Nesic, Don Bajema, Eddie Santiago, Lucas Ford, Cynthia Shope, Paul Ghiringhelli, Elaine Corral Kendall, Lee Whittaker
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Reviews
75
Chicago Sun-Times
This is the second movie Judd and Freeman have made together (after "Kiss the Girls" in 1997). They're both good at projecting a kind of Southern intelligence that knows its way around the frailties of human nature.
50
The story has possibilities, but you'll spot the big plot twists long before they happen, and the acting by Judd and Cavaziel is strictly by the numbers.
50
New York Daily News
Judd has genuine movie star magnetism -- beauty, intelligence, presence and talent to spare. In the old studio days, she'd be Ingrid Bergman by now.
50
ReelViews
The chief pleasure of High Crimes (and it's a limited one) comes from watching Morgan Freeman, who can bring a sense of integrity to even the silliest thriller.
50
Undermined by contrived suspense sequences, a pointless subplot involving Claire's flaky, trashy sister, and a formulaic thriller ending.
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