Movie

Just Mercy

2019 · 137 min

A sobering, heartfelt true story that builds quiet outrage and hope as it follows a determined fight against a rigged system.

Tagline: Every generation has its hero. Meet ours.
Overview: The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
How it feels: Earnest, tense, melancholic and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Justice, race, corruption, guilt
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
race
corruption
guilt
redemption
Places: small town
prison
workplace
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none