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High Crimes (2002) 6.2
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6.2/10 from 21,652 users
Metascore: 48/100
Reviews: 166 user | 111 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com High powered lawyer Claire Kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband, who she thought was Tom Kubik, is arrested and is revealed to be Ron Chapman. Chapman is on trial for a... See full summary » Director:Carl Franklin |
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| Ashley Judd | ... | ||
| Morgan Freeman | ... | ||
| Jim Caviezel | ... | ||
| Adam Scott | ... | ||
| Amanda Peet | ... | ||
| Bruce Davison | ... | ||
| Tom Bower | ... | ||
| Juan Carlos Hernández | ... | ||
| Michael Gaston | ... | ||
| Jude Ciccolella | ... | ||
| Emilio Rivera | ... | ||
| Michael Shannon | ... | ||
| John Billingsley | ... | ||
| Dendrie Taylor | ... | ||
| Paula Jai Parker | ... | ||
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High powered lawyer Claire Kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband, who she thought was Tom Kubik, is arrested and is revealed to be Ron Chapman. Chapman is on trial for a murder of Latin American villagers while he was in the Marines. Claire soon learns that to navigate the military justice system, she'll need help from the somewhat unconventional Charlie Grimes; meanwhile, Claire's sister, Jackie, is falling in love with wet-behind-the-ears Lieutenant Embry assigned as the official defense lawyer. And most of the eyewitnesses have rather too conveniently died. Written by Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
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Everything you trust. Everything you know. May be a lie...Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
5 April 2002 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Crimen en primer grado See more »Box Office
Budget:
$42,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$490,529 (Italy) (9 May 2003)Gross:
$490,529 (Italy) (9 May 2003)Company Credits
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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Regency Enterprises, New Regency Pictures See more »
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FBI Agent Mullins: Somehow I'm confident it's not my rugged good looks to which I owe the honor of this visit.
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Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (as Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky)
Performed by New Symphony Orchestra of London
Courtesy of Chesky Records and Manhattan Production Music
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Trivia
One element of the novel is inexplicably changed: the characters "Chapman" and "Kubik" have their names exchanged. See more »Goofs
When the man from the bar makes Claire get out of the car, the tail-lights are left on. While they are talking a security guard drives up and the man runs to get back into the car, but the tail-lights are off. See more »Quotes
Claire Kubik: Agent Mullins! I just need a minute of your time!FBI Agent Mullins: Somehow I'm confident it's not my rugged good looks to which I owe the honor of this visit.
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Soundtracks
"Chinese Dance from Nutcracker Suite"Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (as Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky)
Performed by New Symphony Orchestra of London
Courtesy of Chesky Records and Manhattan Production Music
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Claire Kubrik (Ashley Judd) is an attorney whose relationship with her husband Tom (Jim Caviezel) is turned on its head. Tom is arrested for the murder of innocent civilians during a covert army operation 15 years earlier. Claire has been kept in the dark about her husbands past, but despite her doubts she still believes his innocence and takes it upon herself to act as his defence attorney with the help of a disgraced military lawyer (Morgan Freeman)
The film is both suspenseful and intriguing, with very fine performance from all the cast. Most of the film is quite interesting and even compelling at times, as the mystery builds and then as it begins to unravel. The surprise ending however, lets the movie down; when with more attention to detail it could have been quite impressive and really could have made the movie.
By the end you are left feeling a bit unfulfilled, mainly due to all the smoke and mirrors used to make the ending a shock.
6/10 should have been better, but it's watchable