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High Crimes

  • 20022002
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 55m
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6.3/10
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Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd in High Crimes (2002)
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A successful lawyer's husband is arrested for murdering 9 villagers in El Salvador in 1988 as US soldier under a different name. She defends him in military court and investigates. Framed?A successful lawyer's husband is arrested for murdering 9 villagers in El Salvador in 1988 as US soldier under a different name. She defends him in military court and investigates. Framed?A successful lawyer's husband is arrested for murdering 9 villagers in El Salvador in 1988 as US soldier under a different name. She defends him in military court and investigates. Framed?
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
44K
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    • Carl Franklin
    • Joseph Finder(novel)
    • Yuri Zeltser(screenplay)
    • Grace Cary Bickley(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jim Caviezel
    • Morgan Freeman
    • Ashley Judd
    • Carl Franklin
    • Joseph Finder(novel)
    • Yuri Zeltser(screenplay)
    • Grace Cary Bickley(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jim Caviezel
    • Morgan Freeman
    • Ashley Judd
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    • 203User reviews
    • 101Critic reviews
    • 48Metascore
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    Attorney Claire Kubik (ASHLEY JUDD) asks former military lawyer Grimes (MORGAN FREEMAN) to help her defend her husband, who's been accused of war crimes.
    Grimes (MORGAN FREEMAN) passes along to Claire (ASHLEY JUDD) sensitive information about a top-secret military trial.
    Claire (ASHLEY JUDD) and Grimes (MORGAN FREEMAN) react to a surprising development during the trial of her husband.
    Attorney Claire Kubik (ASHLEY JUDD) reacts to her husband Tom's (JAMES CAVIEZEL) imprisonment for an alleged heinous crime.
    Claire (ASHLEY JUDD) has an emotional conversation with her newly imprisoned husband Tom (JAMES CAVIEZEL).
    Grimes (MORGAN FREEMAN) and Embry (ADAM SCOTT) share an intense moment while preparing for a military trial.
    (l-r)  Military attorney Embry (ADAM SCOTT), lawyer Claire Kubik (ASHLEY JUDD), her defendant husband Tom (JIM CAVIEZEL) and "wild card" lawyer Grimes (MORGAN FREEMAN) await the start of a top-secret military trial.
    Grimes (MORGAN FREEMAN) cautions the defiant Claire (ASHLEY JUDD) to play by the military court's rules (a warning Grimes himself often ignores), as Embry (ADAM SCOTT) looks on.
    Attorney Claire Kubik (ASHLEY JUDD) and her husband Tom (JAMES CAVIEZEL) closely follow the proceedings of his top-secret military trial.
    Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, and Adam Scott in High Crimes (2002)
    Ashley Judd and Jim Caviezel in High Crimes (2002)
    MORGAN FREEMAN (left) and director CARL FRANKLIN discuss a scene on the set of HIGH CRIMES.

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    Jim Caviezel
    Jim Caviezel
    • Tom Kubik…
    Morgan Freeman
    Morgan Freeman
    • Charles W. Grimes
    Ashley Judd
    Ashley Judd
    • Claire Kubik
    Adam Scott
    Adam Scott
    • Lt. Terrence Embry
    Amanda Peet
    Amanda Peet
    • Jackie
    Bruce Davison
    Bruce Davison
    • Brig. Gen. Bill Marks
    Tom Bower
    Tom Bower
    • FBI Agent Mullins
    Juan Carlos Hernández
    Juan Carlos Hernández
    • Maj. James Hernandez
    Michael Gaston
    Michael Gaston
    • Maj. Lucas Waldron
    Jude Ciccolella
    Jude Ciccolella
    • Col. Farrell
    Emilio Rivera
    Emilio Rivera
    • Salvadoran Man
    Michael Shannon
    Michael Shannon
    • Troy Abbott
    John Billingsley
    John Billingsley
    • Lie Detector Coach
    Dendrie Taylor
    Dendrie Taylor
    • Lola
    Paula Jai Parker
    Paula Jai Parker
    • Gracie
    John Apicella
    John Apicella
    • Franklin
    Dawn Hudson
    Dawn Hudson
    • Lt. Col. LaPierre
    Samuel Sheng
    • Josh
      • Carl Franklin
      • Joseph Finder(novel)
      • Yuri Zeltser(screenplay)
      • Grace Cary Bickley(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      In early versions of the script, Ashley Judd's character was to be a Harvard law professor.
    • Goofs
      When Claire examines Hernandez's classified medical document, the paper says the date is 3-15-88, but when Claire talks to General Marks, she said the medical document is dated 3-14-88.
    • Quotes

      Salvadoran Man: Lawyers are a waste of oxygen.

    • Connections
      Featured in High Crimes: A Military Mystery (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      I'm Not the Enemy
      Written by Lina and Jeeve

      Performed by Lina

      Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

      By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews203

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    6/10
    Ultimately unfulfilling
    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
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    • mjw2305
    • Jan 12, 2007

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    • Release date
      • April 5, 2002 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Spanish
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    • Filming locations
      • Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • New Regency Productions
      • New Regency Productions
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    • 1 hour 55 minutes
      • Color
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital

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