The main line of the film basically dismembered the really attractive branch (the truth), allowing the audience to slowly discover the facts inside. And I restored the branch line by restoring the truth. I also hope that you can criticize and correct some things that have been overlooked.
in chronological order.
First, Mike’s father is a wealthy lawyer, and Mike is a substandard rich second generation. Mike’s father often teaches Mike how to analyze the case and how to win the trust and sympathy of the jury in court to make his own defense. Get the victory. Under the influence of his father, Mike had sharp insight and analytical ability at a very young age. The discovery of the watch under the bed and the detection of the cat thief as a child are examples. From this point of view, Mike's father is barely a good father. Why is it reluctant? Because the two had a disagreement in going to school. As a top student, Mike wanted to go to Reed University. Face it), and his father wanted him to go to the more famous Stanford University, and he didn't even give Mike a chance to see Reed University.
In the second aspect, Mike’s father is actually a playboy who likes to mess around with broken shoes. Although the driver and the stewardess have perjured (the stewardess in order to keep the job because the privacy of the guest is involved and the driver is for the face because it feels very embarrassing), but flash There is an explanation in the return. On the other hand, he also has some special hobbies, such as sexual abuse and rape of his wife or even sm (I guess), and because of this, he has domestic violence. This is reflected in the confessions of neighbors and neighbors' children. It is worth mentioning that both neighbors, father and son, have a serious negative view of Mike's father, and the reasons are different. The neighbors are mainly because they are poor but envy and jealous of Mike’s father, and Mike’s father once humiliated him (at the party, Mike’s father told the neighbor who was about to fight the injustice to shut up and threatened to drive him back to the small hut next door. It can be seen that Neighbors should be ordinary wage earners with average income). The neighbor's child was because she was sexually impulsive to the girl's body during adolescence, and "coincidentally" saw Mike's mother naked (it feels more like the mother is seduce the child, maybe they have had any intimate contact and the plot did not explain it), so Have sexual fantasies about Mike's mother. It just so happened that he saw Mike's father rape Mike's mother many times in different places, so he hated Mike's father. From this point on, Mike's father is a demon again.
The third aspect is from the perspective of Mike's mother. She was an ignorant and cowardly woman who was brutally beaten and sexually abused by her husband all day long but was unable to resist. On the other hand, she yearns for true love and sexual intercourse. So she cheated on Richard, their lawyer, and maybe even a neighbor's child. So Mike's mother is a poor and hateful woman.
This is probably how things happened. Mike's father discovered some clues of his wife's derailment six months ago, and he may even discover who the derailment was (this is inferred through the final court dialogue with Richard). So when he ran into Richard in the court, he asked Richard what he should do. Richard suggested a divorce, but he was unwilling. So, Richard suspected that Mike's father knew the truth and prepared to collude with Mike's mother to kill Mike's father.
Once, Richard had an affair with Mike’s mother at Mike’s house, and Mike’s father rushed home, so Richard killed Mike’s father, and Mike’s mother prepared to fake a scene of manslaughter against domestic violence and asked Richard to do it. The lawyer defended himself. Not wanting something went wrong, Mike football team training was cancelled, so he went home early. Richard ran away from the back door in a panic, and left his watch on the scene (probably it was dropped when he was happy). Mike saw his father lying in a pool of blood and his mother beside him, thinking that his mother killed his father in self-defense against domestic violence. So Mike, who doesn’t know the mystery, is going to cover the crime for his mother. Sex is greater than one's own).
After the police and Richard arrived at the scene, Mike saw the scene where his mother knelt down to pick up the watch and secretly hand it to Richard. McKee knew the truth right away, knowing that he was inexplicably overshadowing others. He hates Richard, so he refuses to talk to Richard.
Later in the court debate, Mike still didn't cooperate, and Richard went along with the boat, saying nothing when necessary, and I didn't bother to argue. Anyway, it wasn't me or your mother who was in jail. It seems that Richard is also waiting for a good show.
Later, when Mike defended himself, he mentioned the rape that shocked the audience, which caused a huge reversal of the case that has always been against him. Combining the testimony of several previous witnesses, the jury will definitely conclude that Mike's father is not a good person, but he is not guilty of death. But Mike’s testimony suddenly described himself as a victim, and his father was not as good as a beast, because Mike’s father’s unpopular bedding had already been laid. At this time, the jury is willing to believe that such a high school with good character and academic performance has not made any mistakes. Sheng, because of self-defense and negligent murder of his father, even though Mike's statement had no evidence of anyone, so the jury had already determined that Mike's father deserved to die and had more sympathy for the child, paving the way for the final release of Mike's acquittal.
Finally, talk about the female assistant Janelle. She has the special ability to judge whether others are lying. Although the case progressed, she found that there were few people who told the truth in the court, whether it was her client, defender, witness, or even a partner who was lying. Especially the dialogue with Richard before the final summary submission is quite interesting. Janelle discovered that everyone was lying for different purposes, but no one cared about the truth of the matter except for himself. Especially he was dissatisfied and did not understand Richard's indifference (in fact, Richard knew the truth). Later, she saw the hug between Richard and Mike's mother after the court won. It was not a hug between a lawyer and a client, but more like a hug between a lover, and she seemed to understand everything.
It is worth mentioning that the large number of body movements and eye changes throughout the film played a huge role in advancing the film. The actors performed well, but it made the dialogue less important.
This is a film worth savoring
View more about The Whole Truth reviews
