The Jury

Rating:
Summary: STELLAR JOB OF IT
Review: I must admit it (sadly) - I am not exactly the biggest fan of OPB, and never before had I watched their weekly showings of Exxon Mobil (that how you spell it?) Masterpiece Theatre. A TV Guide description of The Jury got my curiosity...and I watched it.
For joy! I was BLOWN away. This magnanimous, superb, top-notch mini-series will forever be rendered as stellar. The actors and actresses are wonderful, fully playing the part they were meant to. The jury is composed of separate individuals, all with their own casualties (perhaps not so much different from our own world!). I was waiting expectantly for the next week's episode, and fully satisfied. The case is plausible (not some silly idiotic case that the viewer can instantly solve) and has interesting refutes. I was captivated. Anyone who has an ounce of intellect, a joy for drama, and a passion for the courtroom will be drawn in just as I have.
You will be apalled at the injustice and discrimination that is displayed in the film. You will quite possibly yell at the tv, while at the same time you're waiting for the next episode. I suppose that many who wath this will turn their backs on it, but I for one, loved it.
Enjoy!

Rating:
Summary: Entertaining and well acted
Review: I must admit that I was drawn to this mini series because of Gerard Butler (the Phantom in the Phantom of the Opera) and he did not disappoint! In fact, all of the actors are superb and the story so well written. It keeps you wondering to the bitter end as to whether or not the jury made the correct decision. I watched the last 4 episodes in one evening and then watched episode 6 again the next day.

If you love contemporary british drama then don't miss the Jury!

Rating:
Summary: A Brilliant Masterpiece
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this work because it is focuses not just on the trial but on the personel lives of the jury members. I was glued to the screen the entire time that this show was on and I bought the DVD as soon as I could. If you haven't seen this fascinating work, you have been missing out. Don't hesitate to pick up this video and watch it. You won't be disapointed!

Rating:
Summary: Engrossing character study
Review: I watched this as soon as it came in the mail because of what I had heard about it. I wasn't disappointed. A very engrossing mystery and character study. No great action scenes, though there is great suspense. No spectacular sets, just talented actors portraying multi-dimensional characters. Superb acting, thought-provoking story and a little romance.

Rating:
Summary: The British do it again! A great mini-series!
Review: What a powerful piece of drama! Incredible, powerhouse acting and brilliant writing--loaded with subtext. It's impossible to speak too highly of this 6-episode dramatic mini-series.

This story focuses on seven of the jurors chosen to serve on an especially grisly murder trial (a Sikh teenager is accused of slaying a classmate with a ceremonial sword). These jurors are a mix of people, some are eager to serve (a woman in an emotionally stifling marriage; a single mom who is estranged from her mother, but who must ask her mother to care for her daughter while she serves on the jury; a lonely older woman with inoperable cancer; a married man whose powerful sense of civic duty is more than matched by a nagging sense of underachievement); some are reluctant (a seminary student who is unsure whether he wants to continue on his path to the priesthood; a recovering alcoholic just out of rehab; a married man who lost all his family's savings due to a bad business venture he was talked). The story, like the trial it revolves around, is a study of mixed motives, changes of heart, and living with fear. In the process of revealing each characters personal daily struggles we discover just how much of the human experience is comprised of learning to endure and deal with violence. In this drama we see the defendant and witnesses badgered by clever lawyers, friends manipulated by friends, and boundary-violating in-laws prying confidential information out of their son-in-law who is serving as a juror. Even the alcoholic's AA sponsor has a touch of the autocrat about him. And the young woman who has fled to jury duty as a way of creating an adventure for herself ends up using her womanly charms to manipulate a man into falling in love with her (even though she is fully aware that she is not free or capable of taking on a romantic relationship with him). I defy anyone to watch this compelling drama without questioning their own propensity to abuse power. We are all capable of being bullies. It's just a matter of circumstances and opportunity.