Richard Jewell

Movie 🎥 Review: “Richard Jewell”.

Critics gave it a 75% the users a 93%.

Rated: R with a running time 2 hrs and 9 mins, and and an IMDb of 7.6/10

Cast:  Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm and Olivia Wilde.

During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, security guard Richard Jewell discovers a suspicious backpack under a bench in Centennial Park. With little time to spare, he helps to evacuate the area until the incendiary device inside the bag explodes. Hailed as a hero who saved lives, Jewell's own life starts to unravel when the FBI names him the prime suspect in the bombing.

Richard Jewell is a 2019 American biographical drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood and written by Billy Ray, based on the 1997 article "American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell" by Marie Brenner, published in Vanity Fair.

The film had its world premiere at AFI Fest on November 20, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 13, 2019, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics, and was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the ten best films of the year, with Bates also being recognized for Best Supporting Actress.

For me personally I remember this event like it happened yesterday. Imagine you are being falsely accused of a terrorist act that killed and injured people. You become the FBI's primary suspect, along with your name and face spread across every possible media outlet.

Your belongings have been searched and seized as evidence, right down to your mom's under garments and Tupperware. Cameras follow your every step of every day. Now imagine all of this occurs mere days after your actions actually saved lives and you were hailed as a hero across all of those same media outlets. Richard Jewell didn't have to imagine this, as he lived this nightmare in 1996.

Eastwood truly delivers! This film has brought Eastwood back to the way he once made movies. The hero who becomes the villain who becomes the hero again. Richard Jewell was falsely accused of planting a bomb that they then allowed the mainstream media to ruin this mans life when they could've stopped it at any time. This movie delivers raw emotion that absolutely draw you in.

It is a very timely subject matter and comes in a time in our country where the media picks who they want to deify and who they want to destroy without caring about who they hurt. Clint Eastwood has created an eloquent, but searing critique on our media dominated society. The film says that we are forgetting that in this country your are innocent until PROVEN guilty not the other way around.

Don’t let this one get by you. Its definitely worth the price of admission to the theater!