12 Angry Men Synopsis
A Synopsis of 12 Angry Men
One of the top one hundred movies of all time according to the American Film Institute (number 87 to be exact), and also listed as one of his "Great Movies" by Rogert Ebert, 12 Angry Men is considered a household classic today and the definition of a quality movie. Unlike many of the movies today, 12 Angry Men doesn’t use vulgar language, have raunchy sex scenes, or any type of real violence through out the movie, but yet it is still considered a classic. In this paper, I will be going over an analysis of the each juror in the story, the group’s dynamics as a whole and individually, and the assets and liabilities with the jury. First off, lets go over each character in the jury and how each of them contribute to the dynamics of the group as a whole. Every juror in this movie plays a part in the decision making processes of this movie. In a way you could say that Henry Fonda was the star and the 11 other …show more content…
Towards the beginning of the film, he seems to think that the boy is guilty without really having to have the other jurors persuade him to think that he is. Throughout the movie though, when each of the jurors one by one decide to join Henry Fonda’s side of not being guilty, he is still stuck in his ways and disregards the facts that help make the boy innocent. I think the reason that he is stubborn and sticks by his decision is both because he doesn’t want to look foolish that he made the wrong decision because he was so sure the boy was guilty and for the fact that his son deserted him. In some sick twisted way, I also think that he felt he could get back at his son for leaving him by putting this boy that’s on trial into prison. I also personally think that he shouldn’t have even been a juror assigned to this case to his mental
One of the top one hundred movies of all time according to the American Film Institute (number 87 to be exact), and also listed as one of his "Great Movies" by Rogert Ebert, 12 Angry Men is considered a household classic today and the definition of a quality movie. Unlike many of the movies today, 12 Angry Men doesn’t use vulgar language, have raunchy sex scenes, or any type of real violence through out the movie, but yet it is still considered a classic. In this paper, I will be going over an analysis of the each juror in the story, the group’s dynamics as a whole and individually, and the assets and liabilities with the jury. First off, lets go over each character in the jury and how each of them contribute to the dynamics of the group as a whole. Every juror in this movie plays a part in the decision making processes of this movie. In a way you could say that Henry Fonda was the star and the 11 other …show more content…
Towards the beginning of the film, he seems to think that the boy is guilty without really having to have the other jurors persuade him to think that he is. Throughout the movie though, when each of the jurors one by one decide to join Henry Fonda’s side of not being guilty, he is still stuck in his ways and disregards the facts that help make the boy innocent. I think the reason that he is stubborn and sticks by his decision is both because he doesn’t want to look foolish that he made the wrong decision because he was so sure the boy was guilty and for the fact that his son deserted him. In some sick twisted way, I also think that he felt he could get back at his son for leaving him by putting this boy that’s on trial into prison. I also personally think that he shouldn’t have even been a juror assigned to this case to his mental