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Here's the full length reaction to 12 Angry Men! This movie is incredible!! This movie is almost 70 years old, and the themes are still so important today! I'm so glad I've finally watched this one. Enjoy!

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12 ANGRY MEN (1957) - Full Length Reaction!

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Alex Tan

Happy Wednesday, Addie. I'm so glad that you enjoyed 12 Angry Men (1957). This will also be a first time for me as well. I'm watching it when I get it on DVD.

Randolph Tirazona

There are a lot of older movies I grew up on like that.

Randolph Tirazona

"In the Heat of the Night" (1967) comes to mind as it was one of my mom's favorites.

Phil Stubblefield

I'm always excited to see younger reactors exposed to classics that predate even old farts like me! 😂 There are so many gems that many modern viewers just assume would be "boring" because they're black and white. Kudos to you, Addie!

Randee Carreno

Happy Wednesday, Addie! 😊 This is such a great classic. And I'm happy that I've been seeing some of my favorite reactors watch this one lately. There's also a 1997 remake that I've also seen, but it's been awhile. Definitely looking forward to watching this reaction later this evening. Have a great day today! 😊

Baldemort

Addie, to this day, remains one of the highest rated movies ever made.

ButtercupsTrueLove

I've watched "12 Angry Men" (1957) many times since it began showing on television and more often as first-time reactions since the movie became available to stream. One odd coincidence I noticed recently is that the jury foreman (Martin Balsam) was standing by the window speaking with Davis (Henry Fonda) and mentioned a big kid on the team he was coaching, named 'Slattery'. In real life, Martin Balsam's daughter, Talia Balsam, is married to actor John Slattery and they both worked on the series "Mad Men" with actor Jon Hamm. This piece of dialogue was not intentional because Talia had not even been born when "12 Angry Men" was released. Henry Fonda and Jack Warden had notable military service during World War II. Fonda enlisted when he was in his 30s and Jack Warden was an Army paratrooper. Though his character was abrasive in "12 Angry Men", I remember the late Jack Warden fondly for his kindly character in the re-make of "Heaven Can Wait" (1978). I've never been privileged to serve on a jury, though I've responded to jury summons many times over the decades. I was always excused when the court had enough jurors to fill the box plus alternates. The closest I got was when I finally made it to the juror box but was excused along with a few others. I always thought that I could make a good impartial juror and decide the case based on what was presented as evidence and testimony in the courtroom, and not be swayed by any personal bias I might possess. Maybe I'll get another chance someday.

Julian San

A Dozen Pissed off Dudes. Excellent movie. Addie, have you ever served on a jury? Movies always make it look noble but I get the feeling it’s more fun to be on trial than serve on a jury! 🤣 ⚖️

zynjams

I sat on a jury where a guy was fighting for his life, long story short, we had racist holdouts, the guy was Mexican. 9 of us had to point out the facts where even the racists couldn't fight anymore. the young man was found not guilty; it was self-defense. a known gang member was going to car jack and kill him and his brother. the young man broke down and cried and his family cheered when the verdict was read. Jury duty is no joke.

zynjams

another classic you should react to is To Sir, With Love

Doug

Such a great movie! 😄 I love how on the rewatch you can see a sense of the jurors' personalities right in the beginning as the camera is panning across the jury box while the judge is reading their instructions. For instance Juror 7, who's impatient to get to his ballgame, is staring at his watch, while Juror 3 who is the last holdout with personal problems with his kid is giving the defendant a mean glare. As a bit of trivia, 12 Angry Men was originally produced as a teleplay for CBS in 1954 and then adapted to this feature film version in 1957, and in between in 1955 was staged as a play. The play adaptation has also been received well over the years, there was a Broadway revival of it in 2005 for example that was nominated for some Tony's and that won some Critics awards. P.S. Addie commenting about not watching a lot of courtroom dramas made me realize that a "courtroom movie poll" could be fun some time. 😄 Here's a quick sample: - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - And Justice for All (1979) - The Verdict (1982) - Jagged Edge (1985) - Philadelphia (1993) - The Client (1994) - The People vs Larry Flynt (1996) - Erin Brockovich (2000) - Runaway Jury (2003) - Dark Waters (2019) - Juror #2 (2024)

Doug

I was a foreman on a jury one time where it was just a drunk driving case but we experienced a bit of this movie in reverse. We had one guy who came into the deliberation believing cops are all crooked and you can't trust what they say, but by the end I had up convinced him the guy was actually guilty by pointing out parts of the evidence that he hadn't paid attention to during the trial. The guy didn't seem happy about believing the defendant was guilty but he admitted he had misjudged the situation. We even had the cliche thing of, after we returned the guilty verdict, the defense lawyer stood up and literally insisted that we all declare whether or not he was guilty one person at a time because I think he could sense we had undergone some deliberation and was hoping one of us would say "Oh, no, I voted Not Guilty", pretty crazy! 😄 I also served on a grand jury for a little while. I won't go into details but the case was a lot more dramatic, even though in terms of actual deliberations it was pretty cut and dry on our vote to indict by the time we got to it. Still, an interesting experience!

Milton Reduxed

If you want some real life courtroom drama happening currently Addie there's the retrial of Karen Read—a woman (probably) falsely accused of killing her boyfriend, and framed by the police who are connected with his death. LegalBytes does pretty good daily recaps if you want to get up to speed

Luis Fernandez

Great movie. I like how even back in the 50s there were people complaining about how kids were being raised wrong in their modern society. There is one scene that irritates me: when they first bring the knife into the room and stab it into the table. If I were on the jury I would have said something about disrespecting public property. Then the second knife getting stabbed into the table would have driven me insane.

Luis Fernandez

Inherit the Wind (1960) is a good time. Probably wouldn't be competitive in a poll but it is good enough to mention as a candidate for a poll.

Andrew Roach

I have seen many reactions to this movie and you are the first when we first hear of the eye witness early in the film to question her eyesight.

Cliff Adams

One aspect of this film which rarely gets mentioned, or noticed by reactors, is the cinematography. Boris Kaufman used specific film techniques to build tension. To quote Wikipedia: At the beginning of the film, the cameras are positioned above eye level and mounted with wide-angle lenses, to give the appearance of greater depth between subjects, but as the film progresses the focal length of the lenses is gradually increased. By the end of the film, nearly everyone is shown in closeup, using telephoto lenses from a lower angle, which decreases or "shortens" depth of field. Lumet stated that his intention in using these techniques with cinematographer Boris Kaufman was to create a nearly palpable claustrophobia.

MattTheHazard

One part of this movie few people pick up on is you don't know any bodies name until the end of the movie, and even then you only find out two of their names.

Doug

On a bit of a tangent, this movie and another movie that came up one of my feeds recently made me think an interesting poll could be Films that Take Place in One Location. There are some very good films that have only one location almost the entire time, such as 12 Angry Men. Some other examples: - Lifeboat (1944) - Rear Window (1954) - My Dinner With Andre (1981) - The Breakfast Club (1985) - Clerks (1994) - Panic Room (2002) - Phone Booth (2002) - Exam (2009) - Buried (2010) - Locke (2013) - 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) P.S. Also Reservoir Dogs, which Addie has already seen.

JAKH

Henry Fonda is the father of both Peter Fonda and Hanoi Jane, and grandfather of Bridget Fonda

JBK405

Oh, what a masterpiece. This is a film that pulls me in no matter how many times I see it. I call it a “full brain” movie, because there are SO MANY details and small touches that you need to pay complete attention to get. If you’re not giving it all of your focus, it’s easy to miss so much. My favorite sequence is undoubtedly the seething contempt from Juror #11 when Juror #7 switches his vote so carelessly. The way he comes straight at him and asks “What kind of a man are you?” This is a serious event, and you need to CARE.

Samuel Newman

This film is also a play. And if it calls for it the cast is all female and is called 12 Angry Women

John A

Such a great movie, seen it many times., I liked that you had thought about the glasses before it was even brought up.