Democracy and equality, for small people, may still not be available in America. "Dead Fat" Richard Jewell is an example. He is white, and he is not immune to racial discrimination, but he is not immune to contempt for the losers and the bottom of society.
He has been heroic since he was a child and is determined to join the law enforcement team and protect the people. The inner softness is naturally revealed from the love for the mother. Disadvantages are also obvious. He is black and white, only right and wrong, not grey. A security guard who sticks to his own opinions is often seen as an alternative. He also loves to show, out of pure pride and sense of justice, but being seen as a freak for being a "fat fat loser". No one will give him a second look, except for his mother, his best friend, and a lawyer with a discerning eye -- and I don't know if it's a glorification of the character.
He found a bomb at an event at the Atlanta Olympics, became a national hero overnight, and was praised by major media. His life reached the peak, and his mother shed tears of excitement. Joy has not been two days before, and suddenly became a suspect of the FBI. Once again, the media swarmed to report the constant visits from the FBI and the bewilderment of the mother and son of Richard Jewell. The ordeal continued for more than 80 days until the FBI announced that it had lifted its suspicions.
Although the little man has been unwilling, he still has faith. When a major event is imminent, it is discovered that the ideal is misplaced and the belief is suspicious. The so-called truth and justice are so clear, yet so out of reach. Ideals and beliefs collapsed, he told the FBI, "I've always been proud of law enforcement, but probably not anymore."
Even though there was never any evidence, Shaw, the detective, had always believed in his own judgment. Of course, in order to highlight the main line of the movie, it is very likely that the tracking on other clues will not be repeated, but Shaw still insisted until the end of the FBI announcement, that is, this dead fat man. His obsession likely represents the prejudice of most self-righteous Americans.
The fat man's Bole, lawyer Watson seemed like a clear stream, and his eyes focused on his advantages, and told him to keep it. Although this Bole is obviously looking down, he is much stronger than most people who don't even look at him.
Watson saw in the news that Richard had become a national hero, and contacted him immediately, asking him to be his lawyer, in case he couldn't understand the contract when the publisher asked him to sign a contract. When Richard became a suspect and sought his defense, he hesitated for a moment, until his assistant girlfriend reminded him that he was a judicial client.
It is undeniable that lawyers helped Richard to clear his suspicions, and it is undeniable that lawyers believed in Richard and spared no effort, but all of this may be out of sympathy and justice, and more likely out of a desire for resources that became popular after a hit. Even Richard himself blurted out when he was too annoyed once, don't you just want to earn legal fees for my publishing! After all, different classes, after all, meet by chance, and there is no friendship for no reason. A subtitle at the end of the film states that they became lifelong friends and that Richard's mother had children for the lawyer couple. This real follow-up is likely to be the true love triggered by sharing weal and woe.
As a movie, each character is expressed in a clear and three-dimensional way, and every conflict and emotion also makes the audience who are also small people feel unceasingly. Even if you are far away from Atlanta, even if the "disaster" has not come to you, the cruelty of reality is as clear as the movie, or even worse. For every little person, it is not easy to meet the sky, but the sky is broken. The ending of the movie is of course a fact, and it also comforts people's hearts, but everyone knows how much justice is won in reality.
(I just don't agree with the arrangement of the unscrupulous female reporter who broke the news to leave tears of repentance at the end. If this is not the case, the tears are too far-fetched. If this is the case, then the movie is lacking foreshadowing. One star will be deducted.)
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