It's hard to do anything in court that hasn't been done before. It's a static situation, and points are scored in tiny increments. No big witness-stand breakdowns, no tearful confessions. Thus, boredom creeps in.
Find Me Guilty
Sometimes the best defense... is a wiseguy.
2006 · 2h 5m · R
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
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Find Me Guilty
Overview
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Director and cast
- Sidney Lumet Director
- Vin Diesel as Jackie DiNorscio
- Alex Rocco as Nick Calabrese
- Ron Silver as Sidney Finestein
- Peter Dinklage as Ben Klandis
- Linus Roache as Sean Kierney
- Frank Pietrangolare as Carlo Mascarpone
- Annabella Sciorra as Bella DiNorscio
- Richard DeDomenico as Tom Napoli
- Vinny Vella as Graziedei
- James Biberi as Frank Brentano
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
If you didn't know you were watching Vin Diesel in Find Me Guilty, you wouldn't know you were watching Vin Diesel. And that's a compliment.
[Lumet's] crowning masterpiece.
As Vin Diesel plays him in a likable, image-adjusting turn -- prosthetically fat, thick of Jersey accent -- Jackie (who died in 2004) was about as sweet as a career criminal can be.
A film guilty off moral stupidity and misguided hero worship.
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