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Conviction
Directed by
Tony Goldwyn
R
2010
1h 47m
Drama
,
Biography
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7.2
67%
71%
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A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.
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Cast of Conviction
Hilary Swank
Betty Anne Waters
Sam Rockwell
Kenny Waters
Minnie Driver
Abra Rice
Melissa Leo
Nancy Taylor
Peter Gallagher
Barry Scheck
Ari Graynor
Mandy Marsh
Loren Dean
Rick Miller
Conor Donovan
Richard Miller
Owen Campbell
Ben Miller
Tobias Campbell
Young Kenny
Bailee Madison
Young Betty Anne
Clea DuVall
Brenda Marsh
Karen Young
Elizabeth Waters
Talia Balsam
Prosecuting Attorney
John Pyper-Ferguson
Aidan
Juliette Lewis
Roseanna Perry
Thomas D. Mahard
Law Professor
Laurie Brown
Law Professor 2
Ele Bardha
Don
Rusty Mewha
Desk Sergeant
Marc Macaulay
Officer Boisseau
Frank Zieger
Boyfriend
J. David Moeller
Grandpa
Scott Philyaw
Cop
Tobiasz Daszkiewicz
Guy in Bar
Iris Ingram
Guy's Girlfriend
John Lepard
Minister
Jake Andolina
State Trooper
Wallace Bridges
Global Van Lines Witness
Marty Bufalini
Defense Attorney
Doug Hamilton
Medical Examiner
Sarab Kamoo
Kathleen Higgins
Hugh McGuire
Trial Judge
Michele Messmer
Mrs. Brow
Annabel Armour
Social Service Woman
Toya Brazell
Court Clerk
Heather Kozlakowski
Jury Foreman
Julia Ho
Reporter #2
Paul Burt
Prison Guard "Stash"
Matthew Hollerbach
Law Student
Zack Fealk
Law Student 2
Linda Hurd
Bar Exam Woman
Michael Liu
Huy Dao
York Griffith
Desk Sergeant 2
Gordon Michaels
Lieutenant Daniels
Alana Jo Beckman
Neighborhood Girl
Ethan Cutkosky
Neighborhood Boy
Eddie Hurcho
Courthouse Clerk
Jane Alderman
Mrs. Halloran
Janet Ulrich Brooks
Dr. McGilvray
Gary Davis
Prison Guard 2
Rick LeFevour
Prison Guard 3
Jennifer Roberts
Martha Coakley
Linda Boston
Release Judge
Kam Carman
Reporter
Julio Ho
Reporter 2
Peter Carey
Reporter 3
Melissa Bickerton
Admissions Counselor
Heather Yerebeck
Law Student (uncredited)
Jordan Monaghan
Gum chewing girl (uncredited)
Conviction Ratings & Reviews
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
What makes Conviction worth seeing is its depiction of a self-immolating crusader.
Detroit News
Tom Long
It's a solid if somewhat straightforward story of sacrifice and allegiance.
Dallas Morning News
Anthony Kaufman
In the hands of Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell and a strong supporting cast, this earnest film manages to tug a few heartstrings and say something important in the process.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
[Swank] fails to ever really make us care about, let alone buy into, Betty Anne as a human being.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The movie is a fairly boilerplate affair about the long, hard slog to fight injustice, though, to be fair, most of the personal slog is left out of the drama.
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
For the big screen, it didn't hold up as strong but did manage to hash out a good story led by strong performances regardless.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Tony Goldwyn directed a cast that ranges from the excellent (Minnie Driver as a fellow attorney, Melissa Leo as a crooked cop) to the laughable (Juliette Lewis as a trashy woman whose perjured testimony helps put the brother away).
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Goldwyn refuses to overplay his hand, refuses to give into pap sentimentality that would drown the emotion oozing from the screen, and as such the film comes to a suitably rousing conclusion that earned my tears honestly.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Tony Goldwyn's Conviction tells a great story that deserves a great movie, but settles for a mediocre one.
Slant Magazine
Simon Abrams
Conviction is the kind of more-bland-than-truly-bad Oscar bait that, to its credit, displays genuine affection for its characters.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Sam Rockwell gives one of the best performances of the year.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
The quality of the acting is consistently high and Mr. Rockwell's crackling energy goes a long way toward compensating for the film's predominantly earnest tone.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
Swank is overeager and humorless, and I got tired of looking at her big choppers, but for all that I liked her.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
The talents of a number of superb actors are stifled by an airless, by-the-numbers story.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Swank's purity of essence is nicely paired with Rockwell, who is more arch and complicated and would look guilty doing mission work in Mumbai. It's a special quality Rockwell has.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Two-time Best Actress Oscar winner Swank needn't clear any space on her mantel for acknowledgment of her participation in this soapy redneck opus, which really belongs on Lifetime rather than in theaters.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
It's a noble enterprise, and a remarkable story, but it's not a movie that will set you free.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
The acting certainly elevates the movie -- Minnie Driver, Juliette Lewis and Melissa Leo are also quite good -- but Conviction remains a good movie that should have been better.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
Conviction is an inelegant but compelling mishmash, worth seeing for a terrific female-centric cast...
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Swank continues to show startling skill in fully inhabiting a character, as does Sam Rockwell, who plays her brother, Kenny.
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