759 reviews for:

Twelve Angry Men

Reginald Rose

4.09 AVERAGE

challenging inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It's got its moments, but the movie is probably better. That's why we teach it in high schools: for the movie!

5 stars for the actual play and the writing, but 3 stars for this edition, which was filmed in front of a live audience... an audience that laughed at very strange moments indeed.

A good and effective reminder of how prejudices can cloud your judgement.
challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Chilling. Especially since our former and possibly future president is
emotional reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

this was really fun to read in class!! a cool intro to debate. 

Very good. I highly recommend reading some analysis as well. It helped me see so many deeper points and themes and was very interesting!