Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.
A ponderous adaptation of Scott Turow's cunningly plotted mystery novel.
– Terrence Rafferty,
New Yorker,
31 Jul 2013
fresh:
Presumed Innocent is a stylish, dark-toned movie with handsome photography (by Gordon Willis) and solid performances.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jul 2013
fresh:
Pakula and the cast are excellent in the cut and thrust debates and the grilling of witnesses. At least on the surface, Presumed Innocent unfolds in the grand tradition of great courtroom drama. But nothing in Presumed Innocent is what it seems.
– Desmond Ryan,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
31 Jul 2013
rotten:
Conscientiously as this movie has been made, it does not work as well as the novel did or as some of Pakula's other films have.