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Jay Davis

Classic. And, no, I won't call it a Christmas movie... probably. But I will enjoy very much seeing your reaction.

Woody G

Goated movie, Textbook classic

Martin Roca

Besides The schindler's list, this was the first non-color movie that i saw, and i was amazing. I always had like this weird feeling about watching movies that old, luckily i don't have it anymore and i can enjoy amazing movies like this one.

Jon

YES ! finally ! I told you, you will LOVE this movie... so happy you saw it :) I still can believe people choose "2001" over this one... it's amazing to me (but I guess "2001" is WAY more known, ……so) .. next step to watch an awesome movie : "Bram Stalker's Dracula", "Amadeus", and "Awakenings"

Deserana12

Can’t wait to watch this! An absolute classic! Though I do hope that just because we’ve had a fair few talk heavy movies recently (Oppenheimer, The Big Short and this) that it doesn’t mean The Social Network is gonna get pushed back a few months!

JayF

Yay! I'm loving these movies you two are picking on your own. :) Edit - George, how do you know we didn't watch this as one year-olds? Don't be ageist. ;) /old guy (but not THAT old)

8bitAndy

I really liked how enthusiastic you two were about this movie. Certainly a great film and definitely one of my favorite reactions.

GBmain

There wasn't laws specifically preventing women from serving on a jury but generally they were not selected for jury duty

Martin Roca

A Time to Kill and The Judge in next polls please!!! Both court/jury-wise

Gath Bard

Yes, Simone. This was a play first, but a staged live play for television (CBS 1954). It was so successfull that it was picked up for a movie production (the movie you two watched). I'm glad you liked it. It's a great movie.

Garrett Mazzuca

Absolutely love this movie. So excited to watch with you guys!

Brent Petty

Per IMDB, the #5 highest-rated film of all time.

lee - ber nool

One of a very select few movies that imo is a 10/10. Useless Fun Fact: The last “yelly” juror was also the nice police detective in The Exorcist.

Brent Petty

Yeah, not a Christmas film. But it's a film I make sure to watch at least once every year.

AstralCars

Sidney Lumet is one of the greatest directors and has directed a ton of bangers. Network and Dog Day Afternoon are the essentials along with 12 Angry Men. Please react to those!

Cincassette

I hope this means the floodgates for “old” classics are finally open :)

NotlobParrot

I literally pumped my fist in the air when Simone realized that Juror #2 is the voice of Piglet. Amazing movie and reaction :)

NotlobParrot

Seconded! I would LOVE to see them react to both of those. Lumet is insanely good. Another great choice would be "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" (2007). Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, Ethan Hawke, Michael Shannon....just an insanely good cast with a GREAT screenplay!

Odd Thomas

Another good Henry Fonda movie is The Grapes of Wrath. It's set during the depression but is still relevant today (sadly)

Viktor M

Yes at the time it was also allowed for women to be in a juri. You can also see the women restroom in the background ;) Great reaction for a great Movie ;)

AstralCars

The big flaw with 12 Angry Men is that Henry Fonda would’ve been kicked off the jury once he brought that second knife out. Jurors are not allowed to conduct their own research outside of the courtroom. Otherwise it’s a masterpiece! 😂

sarCC

Yay! I hope the next classic movie you watch will be Casablanca!

Jay Davis

I remember during my college years attending a one-man version of this play. He just became each juror when it became their time to talk. It was really done well. I tried looking up a version of it on youtube, but there's only one, and it's a guy doing some sort of oddball musical/comedy version that doesn't seem very good.

Jay Davis

Fun fact: Anytime they refer to "those" people, it isn't about skin color or ethnicity. They're talking about Chicago Cubs fans who, as we all know, are garbage people. They don't even speak no goods.

Ricardo Alanis

Looking forward to this. There is also a great episode of "Inside Amy Schumer" (S3, E3) where they parodied this movie and it was in black and white and the jury was trying to determine if Amy Schumer was hot enough to be on TV. It had a great cast including Jeff Goldblum and Paul Giamatti. It mirrors the movie but is just hysterical.

Ricardo Alanis

Also recommend The Maltese Falcon as another great classic film.

William

it didnt get any accolades in 1957 but over the years it is widely considered one of the best movies of all time

China Andronicus

Words cannot express how excited I was to see this uploaded this morning! One of my absolute favorites ever and it never loses any of its appeal. Fabulous characters, script, actors, everything!!

Fernando Alamán

It seems you saw this one the same day you saw 2001. What a great day at the movies you had! (also, couldn't be more different) Your reaction is also great on this one. Glad you enjoyed it that much.

Jon

DID YOU KNOW ? : the screenplay, by Reginald Rose, was initially written for a television film broadcast (broadcast live in September 1954) : The success of the television production resulted in a film adaptation... Sidney Lumet, who was directing dramas for television, was recruited by Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose to direct it... this was his first film. of the 12 actors playing the roles of jurors in the original television film, 2 also appear in this film : Joseph Sweeney (the old man), and George Voskovec (the watchmaker)... Georges Voskovec, born Jiří Voskovec, was a Czech actor, writer, dramatist, and director who became an American citizen in 1955, after the rise of the Stalinist regime in Czech.

W T

I don't even know where to begin, but yeah, easily top 10 or so movie for me. Insanely clever and somehow, despite the character, crushes me every time in the end. Doubly impressive because I am heavily biased against older movies, and I definitely still like all the achievements but this one? It defies all the sensibilities of "classical" filmmaking and is so, so close to a modern production and what kids today and everywhere would enjoy. Skip Star Wars, skip, I don't know, 2001 - this is the movie that is the culmination of decades within centuries of stage writing, performance, and culture. It's not obtuse, it's not excessively annoying, it is very, very atmospheric (I mean, can we do a poll for "rainy mood"-style movies or shows?), it subverts ALL the characters you were scoffing at in the first half... this is such a fun, shortwhiled, clever flick, I will never get over it. This might very well by my favorite movie if I ever had to cater to a specific crowd or something.

Christopher Feiertag

Here are some suggestions, if you want to dive deeper into Sidney Lumets movies: The Pawnbroker, Serpico, Murder on the Orient Express, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, The Verdict, Night falls on Manhattan, Before the devil know‘s you‘re dead

W T

Definitely not resisting a rare 10/10 for this movie. Fully deserved, even if you don't account how much it fits modern movie-making sensibilities, tropes, and idioms. I don't even question whether people will like it, anyone who actually watched it seems to really, really like it. It's just really good, lol

Rasmus Larsen

More Lumet please! So many movies across his filmography are stone-cold classics. 12 Angry Men was his first movie, starring Henry Fonda, and shot in black and white. His last movie was Before The Devil Knows You're Dead, starring Ethan Hawke and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and shot on digital. He was nominated for 4 best director Oscars, and his movies were regularly nominated for best movie, best screenplay, or best actor

ChickensAreRacist

Hell yes George, agreed! I’m old AF and haven’t seen it til now with you guys and agree, it’s among my very top favorites.

ChickensAreRacist

Simone, I gotta disagree about them all being angry. The foreman, Henry Fonda, the salesman. They weren’t angry (or didn’t show anger), right? I think the title is making a point in and of itself. 12 angry men would be biased unreliable, only subjective jurors.

Logan Kerlee

12 Angry Men IS an old movie. It's a great movie, one that I really liked years ago. The tagline is pretty crazy though, yeah! I love how you both are completely in the dark, more or less! This is an amazing movie. lmao, I really wish that you guys had the poster onscreen for us, right now! I'm thankful that I've already watched this movie and Breaking Bad, earlier. I'm not stoked or anything that you both are reacting to this but I'm very happy about it. You figured it out Simone, well done! I love how flat and serious this film is right from the get go. I'm not positive on that George, but I believe that's right. There also isn't any minorities among the jury. 12 angry WHITE men. I've avoided being on a jury, so far. I'm 34 years old and I've been selected twice but I've avoided it each time because I'm disabled and in a wheelchair. Now - I know full well that disabled people can be selected. I've just been called in during times when my wheelchair wasn't working. It's pretty lame! I'd of loved to serve as a juror. Maybe/Hopefully one day! :) Yeah, no, I thought that you caught on with that George - when he said "one of them." This was filmed during another time period! One of the reasons why I voted for this - it's an eye opening film. I'm very happy that you both are enjoying this! That makes me feel so happy, George! I'm very glad that you enjoyed this so much - to that level! I wouldn't call this my favorite but it definitely ranks up there among them. I first watched this during my high school, Film As Literature class. In that class we watched multiple films that portrayed a variety of things. This was among them and I'm ver glad that my teacher chose this film. AHHHH!! I'm so happy that Simone AND George are so enthusastic about this film! That really makes me feel happy! I'm hoping that more people on YouTube will be willing to watch this classic film, as well. FeelsGoodMan I'm SO happy Simone is happy about watching this! xD Thank you both for doing an incredible job with this reaction! You both are the best. :)

Peter Register

Knew you'd love this one. Also, watch 12 Monkeys. EDIT: Watch The Fisher King. Watch Brazil. Watch Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Terry Gilliam marathon.

Logan Kerlee

Big yup, right there with you on that. My next classic film would be Citizen Kane. I love the story and the characters. It's well acted and tells a very entertaining story.

Funny That

Sometimes a movie can be too good to watch a reaction with, but I'll look forward to a rewatch.

Cliff Adams

Early in the film, multiple actors/characters are seen from shots made above their eye levels... as the film progresses, the angle of the camera drops and telephoto lens close-ups predominate, adding to the increasing claustrophobic feeling of the scenes. As the anger increases, the audience's discomfort at being so close to each angry man's face multiplies.

Keerit Thind

I would also strongly recommend the shot-for-shot reemake they did in the 90s (1996 I believe) as a HBO movie.

Naturekitty5309

So true. I served on a jury, and a crime occurred in a parking garage close to the court house. The judge assigned us specific parking to the courthouse the prevented us from even walking past the garage.

Naturekitty5309

love this reaction.....hoping for Casablanca and Mr. Smith goes to Washington.......would love to see them delve into the older classics...I voted for this one and Lawrence of Arabia on that poll

Grandalf

The thing that has always made me love this film is it's uniqueness. I can't imagine ever seeing another movie where you have an ensemble cast simply having a conversation on virtually a one room set. There is a Tom Hardy film called Locke from 2013 that might come close, however. The entire story takes place in Hardy's car as he drives home from work. The entire 90 or so minutes is simply him trying to hold his life together while he deals with a huge project at work the next day and the fallout from an one night stand that might tear his family apart. I'm not necessarily recommending it for Cinebinge as it would never get any voting traction, but for anyone who enjoys seeing a master just fucking killing his craft, Tom Hardy's performance is... literally just sat here for a while and realized that I can't describe it well enough to do it justice. Coming all the way back to 12 Angry Men, that film is as close to perfect as it gets and there will never be another one like it. If you guys or any other Bingephiles happen to watch Locke and appreciate it like I did, drop me a line here or you can DM me on YouTube at Robinson vs. Parkinson's. I don't think I've ever found another person who's even seen it! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfiaDp3-kVo3q0ES-s_3GRQ

Jpsynergy

Would be great to see more of the classics. Love this movie because of all the great character actors in it each getting their own place to shine with the great Henry Fonda headlining it all. The old man is probably my favorite in describing the downstairs witness and what his life has led to, what might lead him to misremember or distort the truth.

Jesse Coombs

Older movies slap. You can see in the comments where people are bringing up Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, etc. There's a reason why we love these movies. To add to the list, I'll bring up Billy Wilder again (Some Like it Hot, Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, The Apartment, Ace In the Hole, and many more...)

Jesse Coombs

On a completely different note, "12 Monkeys" is also really good. Not at all similar, though, but a great sci-fi/Bruce Willis/Brad Pitt movie.

Jesus F Christ

I agree about Amadeus; that movie is a masterpiece. I never appreciated Bram Stoker's Dracula very much beyond Gary Oldman's performance because you-know-who's performance seemed so out of place. A few years back, I watch something about how Coppola made the movie and how the special effects were all practical, with most of them done "in-camera" using the same methods that would have been used by early filmmakers. Now when I watch it a see the craftsmanship used to make it, and I really love it. Plus, Gary Oldman still kills it.

Haye Zeus

You guys are now introduced to the great Sidney Lumet who is one of the all time greats. This movie may be adapted from a play but it still feels cinematic with how it’s shot. It doesn’t feel staged it feels lived in which is very important. You’re right there with the jurors instead of just watching them. Other great Sidney Lumet films are Network which is awesome and scary with how it predicted where our culture was heading. And my personal favorite Dog Day Afternoon which also has my fav Pacino performance. Both high recommends.

Jesus F Christ

I just remembered another movie that takes place pretty much in one room. It was an HBO movie from 2001 called Conspiracy, starring Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, and Stanley Tucci. It's about the Wannsee Conference on January 20th, 1942 where senior Nazis met to decide the "final solution to the Jewish question". Like 12 Angry Men, there are a bunch of white guys around a table trying to come to a consensus, but the stakes are so high and the performances are so good that it's downright chilling to watch. All the dialogue is taken from notes made at the meeting, and it really happened. Also like 12AM, the runtime is about 90 minutes. Branagh won an Emmy for it and the movie won a BAFTA.

Thomas Wendel

I am so glad you loved this one! We had to watch this in 7th grade to teach us about the legal system. We all just loved it! Probably the first movie I saw that made me realize great characters, great writing, great directing and great acting actually makes a great movie (as opposed to popular 80s movies at the time). And it's in black in white?!? No explosions?!? And I loved it! I loved your guys modern point of view on it, too. Having liked this movie, it opened me up to other black and white movies....like Casablanca!! hint hint

REDR58

The movie is set in New York, and “Baltimore” is just the nickname the one juror gives the other when they are talking earlier about baseball and which teams they follow.

ChickensAreRacist

Despite commenting some wee arguments at times in the comments, I know, everyone knows, it’s you two putting your impulsive voice on the mic then pressing Post. Meanwhile we argue with your impulsive thoughts with our somewhat thought-out responses. Goes for all reactors, but my point is… I’m happy to assume neither of you takes our comments personally.

Skyruff

Thank you for this. This movie is rated on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes as one of the best of all time. All of the twelve were known character or movie stars for the time period.

Patrick

I think my success rate in trying to figure out the randomness of Simone's intros is about 3%.

Patrick

I'm so glad I'm finally seeing this for the first time with you guys. It was absolutely fantastic. The pacing and length was perfect as well. I feel like not a single minute was wasted, while simultaneously not needing to be a single minute longer.

Andrew Roach

You really do need to watch 12 Monkeys, a sequel to this movie where the jurors are converted into monkeys, travel to the ape planet Banana VI and find themselves serving on another jury for some rebel ape who refused to walk upright... not. Another unrelated visual tour de force and emotional epic is Gravity.

djKENTO

George would love Ed Begley Jr. Dude is a massive cannabis reform advocate and has been pushing for electric cars since he bought a small one in the 1970s.

Dryfesands

An incredible movie. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! If you want to see another superb Lumet and Fonda collaboration, which is sadly much overlooked, I really *MUST* recommend "Fail Safe". It's a thriller which moves to an almost unbearable tension, and the climax, without giving anything away, is shattering.

Lola Lirola

I love this movie, it's truly one of the greatest setups of all time. I love a bottle movie, and the high stakes, and the moral dilemma, and how each person's character is revealed even when they're just in a room talking... Incredible writing. Infinitely rewatchable. (That said, yes, I'm also gonna be the asshole with the feminist perspective, you know me by now: Women were allowed to be jurors in America at the time of this movie. Officially since 1920, but in practice they started calling them in in the 40s. So the reason there's no women in this jury is mostly because the writer couldn't possibly imagine how to credibly write a woman's inner life and dilemma around this. You see, male characters are allowed a whole range of personalities, ideas, positions, even changing their mind! But somehow, they didn't think women could be capable of that, so they didn't know how to write it. I would love, love to see an all-female version of this story. It would be so fascinating.)

Jesse Coombs

If you're looking for other sharp movies based on plays, I'd highly recommend "Death Trap" with Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine. It's also directed by Sidney Lumet. The other one is "Glengarry Glen Ross", which I'm sure others will also recommend.

simon brouillard

That movie is great and so was your reaction🙂 you might appreciate “judgment at nuremberg” and as always There Will Be Blood 🩸 but that one is not a legal drama🙂

Ricardo Alanis

I saw this in my Psychology & Law class and it’s one of my favorite classic films. So simply filmed but so well acted.

Ricardo Alanis

This is also one of the movies that are not just great but important and everyone should watch like Schindler’s List, To Kill A Mockingbird, Saving Private Ryan, etc.

Odd Thomas

Talking of classic movies: The Wizard of Oz is 84 years old and still snaps (as the kids would say)

ExtraBigAssTaco

You are indeed correct, Simone. Juror #2 is John Fiedler, the voice of Piglet.

Thirty Year Old Mulberry Field

A tacit sci-fi that ponders our place among the cosmos and a courtroom colloquy that snapshots our many individualities and personas. Quite the dichotomous double feature, don’t you just dig it?

Juley

One of the best things about this movie is that we never know what really happened. There’s no big reveal that the kid did or didn’t kill his father. We experience it like the jury who never know if they got it right.

Herman Orff

Excellent description of Fail Safe. In its own way, one of the most frightening movies I've ever seen.

Lola Lirola

Robinson's comment up thread inspired me to do a top 7 recommendation of great 'bottle' movies. Let's go! Breakfast Club - The OG teen movie that defined a whole generation and a whole genre: 5 kids, 5 archetypes, one Saturday in detention. My Dinner With Andre - The quintessential maturing of the genre: just two friends at a dinner table, talking life and death is all you need. Rear Window - Another genre-defining one: a temporarily paralyzed man witnesses a murder (or does he?) and has to figure it out. Sleuth - A mystery writer. A burglary. A murder. A cat and mouse game. Is it all what it seems? Peter's Friends - Reunion movies fit perfectly as bottle movies; here, 6 British friends reunite at a mansion for one more Christmas together, and all their secrets, fears, crushes, and fights come to the surface. Bodies Bodies Bodies - A really interesting Millennial twist on reunion movies, on murder movies, and on bottle movies, this time with mobile phones! The Method - A Spanish one! Eight candidates compete in the final test to get a job. (Based on the real case of when sanitation workers came across a heap of HR notes from interviews with candidates to a big firm, and whooo boy, they were harsh as hell). *12 Angry Men would normally top the list, but we're already here! *Robinson mentioned Locke, and it looks great, so it should be on the list, but I always recommend things I've seen, and haven't seen it yet!

sheriffjt

Lee J. Cobb is so good in this film! Also Jack Klugman, from TV's The Odd Couple & Quincy.

sheriffjt

Also, please do 12 Monkeys as well!

Kinokind

Everyone's wonderful in this film, but I, too, have a soft spot for Klugman. Go back and look at the Twilight Zone episodes he was in. Too many people familiar with TV of the time think of him from "Quincy"or "The Odd Couple", but he was really a first-rate dramatic actor. I find it fascinating that all of these dramatic actors could also do comedy. Lee J. Cobb in the "In Like Flint" movies, Jack Warden in "Used Cars", John Fiedler as Piglet, E.G. Marshal in "Creepshow" (OK, semi-comedic), Robert Webber in "SOB", etc. I guess a great actor is a great actor.

Logan Nelson

If you liked this, you guys should definitely check out a little HBO film, The Sunset Limited with Sam Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones...

William

2 Questions, What was Simone's jury verdict at the start of the film? and, how the hell does Simone know how to use a switch blade knife?

SnabbKassa

Yes, John Fiedler did voice Piglet.

John

This was a fantastic movie, I would recommend To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

John Richards

The cast of this movie was an all star team of character actors at the time. I'd like to suggest a poll based on one of the 12 : Jack Warden was dozens of movies, I'd suggest these for a poll: Shampoo Heaven Can Wait All the President's Men ...And Justice for All Being There Used Cars The Verdict

Khalayx

Would gladly rewatch Dinner with Andre or Rear Window with these two.

Tradjick

Simone's observation about the light switch is interesting. In a lot of places, the convention is you turn on the switch by a downward motion and off by an upward motion. North America though currently has the opposite convention. It makes me wonder when the "sweep up to turn on" caught on in NA. I've heard the "turn the lights up" argument, however it is normal when searching for a switch on the wall in the dark with your hands to start high and sweep low. I need a life.

Brad Lowry

How many times have I seen this movie?... it just occurred to me! As the movie begins, at least two people assumed that the fan was broken, one even commented something like, "What do you expect from the gov'ment?" They _assumed_ that the fan was broken, and they _assumed_ the reason why. Only later, when it rains and they have to turn on the lights do they learn that the fan had always worked, but was plugged into a "switched outlet" that also switched the lights. Every one of them suffered discomfort because of those assumptions. Just as they _assumed_ that the boy was guilty, and they _assumed_ the reason why. Love this movie!

Brad Lowry

Maybe since you two _love_ this movie so much (as I do, and I presume many of us do), perhaps you can do a poll of Stage Plays that were turned into Movies. My favorite that comes to mind is "Glengarry Glen Ross" from the stage play by David Mamet. (That would be Zoey Mamet, from "Girls", her dad for you two.) Do remember that Kevin Spacey was pretty much an unknown/up-and-coming actor at the time it was made. (He is a good actor, notwithstanding his legitimate "Me Too" problems.) Another favorite is "The Trip to Bountiful" by Horton Foote, for which the amazing Geraldine Page won Best Actress at the Academy Awards (as announced by F. Murray Abraham with the epithet, "America's greatest living actress!"). You've already reacted to "A Few Good Men" by Aaron Sorkin. Others... "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", "Agnes of God", "A Soldier Story", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Long Day's Journey Into Night", "Amadeus", "The Miracle Worker"...? I saw "Fences" by August Wilson on Broadway with James Earl Jones and it was amazing, but I can't speak to the movie, but the cast is led by Denzel Washington which does speak in its favor. Sadly, all great Stage Plays turned into movies are NOT winners, I'd say it is the exception, but when it does work, like here, it is pretty amazing! Other possible entries for the "Stage Plays that were turned into Movies" poll? I, like you guys, love this movie, and I also love your reaction. Perhaps you two have discovered your inner Drama-Nerd personas? Do either of you live in Toronto, because the Tarragon Theater is amazing and spawned an amazing playwright Judith Thompson, "Perfect Pie" being my favorite of hers that I know. ("Perfect Pie" _was_ turned into a movie, but only got 5.6 stars on IMDb so I fear it doesn't stack up. I have not seen it as I fear ruining my remembrance of the great Frank Theater production that I saw.) Happy Watching!

Habman

What made this movie so amazing is the character arcs. Normally we look at an arc of a character. Name a movie where you seen this many arcs in characters?

Gary Fixler

Had to scroll forever to find anyone mentioning Glengarry Glen Ross. This movie gives me huge GGR vibes, which is also excellent.

twe

so, SO glad you guys enjoyed this film, loved the discussion. still the best film i have ever seen.

Spacecat44

If you guys haven't seen it you should check out Dog Day Afternoon. Another great character-driven film that takes place in mostly one location directed by Sidney Lumet, who also directed this movie

James Melton

This may be the best film ever for watching people act. The performances by all of these men are excellent which is remarkable when you think how much Fonda and Cobb stand out. You are never left feeling anyone is less than a real person. Even when they start as a caricature like the loud salesman they quickly become genuine people in the course of the deliberation. And that word which we use to describe the interaction of the jury, deliberate, becomes the perfect description of what they do. They didn't plan to but at the urging of Fonda they stop and deliberate over the facts and over the meaning of deciding the fate of another person. There truly is a greatness to this idea that we entrust our most important legal decisions to peers. If only every juror can see this film before they take up that responsibility.