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Terrible

I picked up this movie with the hope of seeing some action and suspense, but was instead subjected to a dark, murky movie with Demi Moore screaming at her kid, and the dark, lifeless face of Mr. Baldwin's character. Don't get me wrong. I respect and admire both Demi and Mr. Baldwin for their roles in other films, but this was not a good move on their part. I cleaned out some junk last weekend, and this movie went with it..Now I'm thinking I should have thrown it out, as I would not want to subject anyone else to this..

Who Will Protect You?
'The Juror' is a very eerie thriller that makes you think twice about how safe being in a courtroom actually is. What makes this movie are the performances of Demi Moore, and especially Alec Baldwin as her stalker.

Demi plays Annie, who is on a jury of a high-profile mafia case that she herself chose to be on. Baldwin comes suddenly into her life and almost immediately threatens her and her child if she doesn't convince the rest of the jury to declare the mafia client not guilty. But did the client actually commit the murder? Meanwhile, Baldwin becomes increasingly and sickeningly infatuated with Annie and gets a tad out of control as things start to go wrong.

Highly recommended for fans of courtroom dramas and thrillers. Balwin's creepy performance makes the movie all the more unnerving, and Moore's equally good as his obsession.

NOT "THAT" BAD, "Eye for an Eye" WAS WORSE!
THE JUROR is the story of a woman who almost too eagerly volunteers to be on the jury in the murder trial of a Mafia godfather. Many people would happily rather not serve on such a jury, but not Annie Laird. The judge asks her if she's read about the case. She says no - but she's heard about it from her son (!) from whom she's heard about the defendant. Her son said he's "the big Spaghetti-O" in the mob (the courtroom giggles).

She says THAT in an open courtroom, with the accused murderer and his henchmen sitting right there. Wouldn't a mother's instincts at least prompt her not to mention her child? Geez! Is she a complete dummy?Now, she's asked for it. In fact, she gets it throughout a movie that maybe could have been whittled down into a nice little thriller, but winds up long-winded and rambling.

Demi Moore maintains an uncanny self-possession, especially if you compare her work with the "scorched-earth" performance of Sally Field in the oddly similar "Eye for an Eye," which had come out just three weeks before THE JUROR.

Both movies have the same buried plot: Mom fears her child will be killed by a violent nut, so she takes the law into her own hands. But "Eye for an Eye" is offensive in its manipulative arguments for vigilante justice. "The Juror" wasn't as bad because the heroine doesn't deliberately choose her course: Itis forced upon her. Maybe it's splitting hairs, but JUROR burfies its moral philosophy in the genre of a thriller. "Eye for an Eye" plays like an ad for handguns!

James Gandolfini, as Eddie, "The Teacher's" sidekick, gave a terrific (pre-Sopranos) performance. His is a very tricky role, as a Mafia soldier who is about as sympathetic as a man can be who would, after all, kill you. His line readings during a couple of complicated scenes are right on the money (notice the careful way he learns from "The "Teacher" about the death of Annie's friend).

If THE JUROR had been presented at the level of sophistication and complexity that Eddie's character suggests then it would have been a lot better movie. Of course, it would have been a different movie, too. I could have lived with that ... and so could have the rest of the disgruntled Amazon.com Reviewers!

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