Una madre trabajadora se inscribe en la facultad de derecho en un esfuerzo por representar a su hermano, quien ha sido condenado injustamente por asesinato y ha agotado sus posibilidades de ... Leer todoUna madre trabajadora se inscribe en la facultad de derecho en un esfuerzo por representar a su hermano, quien ha sido condenado injustamente por asesinato y ha agotado sus posibilidades de apelar su condena.Una madre trabajadora se inscribe en la facultad de derecho en un esfuerzo por representar a su hermano, quien ha sido condenado injustamente por asesinato y ha agotado sus posibilidades de apelar su condena.
- Premios
- 9 premios y 10 nominaciones en total
- Law Professor
- (as Thomas Mahard)
Argumento
¿Sabías que...?
- CuriosidadesBetty Waters says "The movie is so true to life. Not every scene happened, but every emotion happened."
- PifiasAt one point Betty Anne Waters Hilary Swank tells Kenny Sam Rockwell that it's a good thing Massachusetts doesn't have the death penalty or he could already be dead. This however is incorrect. Massachusetts still had the death penalty in 1983, when Kenny was convicted. It was abolished the following year in 1984.
- Citas
Betty Anne Waters: You are innocent!
Kenny Waters: Are you sure about that?
Betty Anne Waters: [crying] How can you ask me that? How can you ask me that?
- Banda sonoraWhiskey in the Jar
Public Domain
Performed by Chris Hewitt and David Bagnall
In 1983, Kenny is convicted of the bloody murder of an elderly neighbor largely on the basis of testimony from two former girlfriends, both of whom claimed he confessed his actions to them. Neither Kenny nor Betty Anne can afford a good attorney, so she decides to become a lawyer even though she's a high school dropout. Also serving as one of the film's executive producers, Swank come back securely to the against-all-odds territory of Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) by following Betty Ann's sixteen-year journey from her GED through college, then law school, and finally passing the bar – all while she was raising two boys and working part-time at a local pub. The ending is predictable from a mile away, but the journey is not. The introduction of DNA evidence provides a linchpin that spins the story close to Lifetime-level dramatics, especially when Betty Ann solicits the assistance of the Innocence Project, a nonprofit organization devoted to overturning wrongful convictions. Gray's screenplay is solid enough, and Goldwyn's direction is assured within the back-and-forth treatment of the timeline.
However, it's really the acting that is aces here. Beyond Swank's sterling work, Sam Rockwell brings an unpredictable furor and a surprising vulnerability to the showier role of Kenny. His rapport with Swank never feels forced, and the devotion of their sibling relationship is what really grounds the threat of hysterics in the film. The periphery is populated by a powerful squad of actresses turning in sharply etched work - Minnie Driver as Betty Ann's law-school friend Abra, whose comic spark highlights how pivotal her character is in representing the audience viewpoint; Melissa Leo ("Frozen River") as the malevolent arresting cop, whose secretive hostility provides the impetus for Kenny's conviction; Juliette Lewis as Kenny's dentally-challenged ex-girlfriend with a drunken confession scene that reveals the actress's long-forgotten raw talent below her usual giddiness; Karen Young in a brief scene as the unforgivable Mrs. Waters; and Ari Graynor ("Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist") as Kenny's embittered grown daughter. It's the cast's cumulative work that makes this movie intensely watchable.
- EUyeshima
- 22 oct 2010
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- Países de origen
- Idioma
- Títulos en diferentes países
- Justicia final
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- Presupuesto
- 12.500.000 US$ (estimación)
- Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
- 6.783.129 US$
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- 102.351 US$
- 17 oct 2010
- Recaudación en todo el mundo
- 11.104.555 US$
- Duración1 hora 47 minutos
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.85 : 1