In short, "Richard Jewell" is a movie for our time because on a micro level it encapsulates exactly what we have watched happen to President Donald Trump on a macro level: a politicized group of agents, completely biased and prejudiced to their own outcome, rig a case to frame someone without a shred of evidence. Anyone who says the movie is about anything else is not paying attention.Most of all, the film says in mirror form that if they can "do it to Richard Jewell, they can do it to Donald Trump, even if he's president."
bttt
Saw it today. Very well done.
Bates was just awesome. They all were.
The FBI has only gotten worse... they are evil and the whole agency should be shut down. They have too much power with no accountability. I wonder if something had been done to rein them in back in 96 if the whole Trump coup would ever have happened.
Must see.
Anyone who defends the conduct of the FBI in the treatment of Michael Flynn is blind to reality.
FBI is the Enemy of the People.
They are losers. They are a political enforcement arm of the criminal Democrats.
Must see film by Eastwood!
“Jewell comes of age when he realizes that it is NOT that he isn’t “Law Enforcement,” but that the “law enforcement” agencies that he had idolized and believed in all his life did not exist any longer, if they ever existed at all.
“That is the power of “Richard Jewell.” I think I speak for millions of Americans who once looked up to the FBI, likely from the weekly propaganda of the “FBI” television show with Efram Zimbalest, Jr. While the aura of the CIA as a heroic and pure band of anti-communists has long ago been removed (”13 Hours,” “Charlie Wilson’s War”, “American Made”) the FBI still maintained some reputation as the guys who fought Dillinger and the Mob.
“But “Richard Jewell” shows that those images we all held were naive at best and dangerous at worst. The FBI tramples every civil right in the book, persuading Jewell to do a taping of a bomb warning, bugging his house, trying at first to deny him a lawyer. There is no possibility in the minds of the FBI agents that Jewell is innocent, even when it is proven he could not have made the call to the police and been at Jewell’s location. (When Scruggs finally tests this theory, at least she was humbled by it and changes her mind-—but does not print a retraction.)
“In short, “Richard Jewell” is a movie for our time because on a micro level it encapsulates exactly what we have watched happen to President Donald Trump on a macro level: a politicized group of agents, completely biased and prejudiced to their own outcome, rig a case to frame someone without a shred of evidence. Anyone who says the movie is about anything else is not paying attention.Most of all, the film says in mirror form that if they can “do it to Richard Jewell, they can do it to Donald Trump, even if he’s president.”
Great movie, saw it today. The whole theater audience verbally scoffed at the idea of a righteous FBI.
Bump!!!
Interesting.
Great review..!!!
I’ve been on a number of juries in my life, but if I was called up for a criminal case today I’d have a hard time convicting anyone of anything. There’s no reason to trust ANYONE any more. Particularly, police & prosecutors.
Interesting that while many criticize the film for alleging that the reporter slept with an FBI agent to get her story, no one is criticizing the idea that the FBI would leak stories to reporters for sex.
Excellent review.