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Twelve Angry Men - Community Reviews back

by Reginald Rose, David Mamet
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Just Another Reader
Just Another Reader rated it 10 years ago
The first version I saw of this story is actually the 1997 TV movie which we watched in school. I have since seen the 1957 movie, which was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. I like both. This was another taped play from LA Theatre Works which did the Importanc...
BrokenTune
BrokenTune rated it 11 years ago
I re-read Twelve Angry Men shortly after seeing a performance of it a couple of weeks ago. Martin Shaw and Robert Vaughn star in a production at the Garrick Theatre at the moment. The cast delivers an excellent performance of the play and I just wanted to know whether it was the production I liked o...
Randi's Blog
Randi's Blog rated it 11 years ago
I loved this play and can't wait to teach it to my 8th graders. It is so deep and thought-provoking.
inconceivably
inconceivably rated it 12 years ago
Really enjoyed this audio!
Jenn's Book Reviews
Jenn's Book Reviews rated it 12 years ago
Twelve Angry Men is a play that takes place in the time frame of a few days. I like the concept of the story, where there is the accused is actually innocent, only being blamed for the crime because of his race, and how there's a jury of men, some who agree that he's guilty because of his race, and ...
angelicam2009
angelicam2009 rated it 13 years ago
3.5Had to read this again for school. The first time I read it, I didn't like, but now, being the third time I had to read it, I can say I'm starting to like it a little more.
Ironic Contradictions
Ironic Contradictions rated it 13 years ago
The following will be a twelve thousand word dissertation on the seventy page long play by Reginald Rose. Or maybe not. Maybe I'll simply stick to reviewing. Recently I've been reading several plays and short stories. In part because I'm required to (like this one) and in part because I enjoy the di...
esterb
esterb rated it 14 years ago
Twelve totally dif­fer­ent men are stuck with each other in a small room at a cour­t­house in the mid­dle of sum­mer. They are the twelve jurors in a mur­der case and have to decide if a boy who is charged with mur­der on his father is guilty.The play is really well writ­ten. The reader gets an idea...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 41 years ago
It's a very clever play, both optimistic about the idea of "justice" and skeptical.
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