A Time to Kill

  • Rated R
  • 2hr 29m
  • 53

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Producer:

Hunt Lowry, Arnon Milchan, Michael G. Nathanson

Writer:

John Grisham, Akiva Goldsman

Release Date:

Jul 24, 1996

Runtime:

2hr 29m

Synopsis

In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.

Cast

  • Matthew McConaughey
  • Sandra Bullock
  • Samuel L. Jackson
  • Kevin Spacey
  • Oliver Platt
  • Charles S. Dutton
  • Brenda Fricker
  • Donald Sutherland
  • Kiefer Sutherland
  • Patrick McGoohan

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Metacritic

53
metacritic
Based on 21 Critics
8.5

USER SCORE (191)

Universal acclaim based on 191 Reviews
75

A Time to Kill, based on the first novel by John Grisham, is a skillfully constructed morality play that pushes all the right buttons and arrives at all the right conclusions.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
75

Then again, it's worth noting that this Hollywood production is actually saying something, rather than just churning out eye-popping special effects while relying on a regurgitated plot.

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Metacritic review by James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
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