CONVICTION ***½

Tony Goldwyn directed this Drama. Watch Preview. Cast: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo, Clea DuVall, Juliette Lewis, Loren Dean. Rated R for language and some violent images. Running time is one hour and forty-seven minutes.

The inspirational true story of a sister (Swank), a Massachusetts wife, mother of two, and high school dropout, who dedicates her life to overturning her brother's (Rockwell) murder conviction. In order to represent him she gets a college B.A. and graduates from law school. She's aided in her task by a law school classmate (Driver).

To be honest, I only went to this because there was nothing else that interested me this week. From the description of the film I really didn't think I'd care for it. But, it turned out to be first class in every way. The cast is great and the direction and pacing keep you involved throughout. While it isn't entertainment in the normal sense, it is certainly thought provoking, causing me to wonder just how many individuals have been wrongly incarcerated, although the brother looked like someone who would have gone to jail for something during his life and you understand why the police considered him a viable suspect. This is worth your time, either at the theatre or later on DVD. Theatres/Times.