12 Angry Men

Twelve Angry Men Essay



Although I learned many things from the film, Twelve Angry Men, three things stand out in my mind specifically as being most impacting. It is true as they say, that things are not always as they seem. This is especially true during a jury’s debate, and in this movie. These twelve men debated long and hard, and it took many hours to get them to agree on one verdict. One reason it took so long was that their personal backgrounds played a role in their opinions of guilt or innocence. In the beginning only one man voted “not guilty” because he had reasonable doubt. Such doubt proved to be a huge factor in the outcome of the case.
In life, and in general, things are not always as they seem. In the movie, Twelve Angry Men, this proved to be very true. Many things seemed to have been rock solid evidence against the defendant, but ended up being quite opposite. For example, the alleged “eyewitness” was not witness at all because she ...