Synopsis
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
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Cast
- Paul Walter HauserRichard Jewell
- Jon HammTom Shaw
- Kathy BatesBobi Jewell
- Sam RockwellWatson Bryant
- Olivia WildeKathy Scruggs
- Nina AriandaNadya
- Ian GomezAgent Dan Bennet
- Wayne DuvallRichard Rackleff
- Dylan KussmanBruce Hughes
- Mike PniewskiBrandon Hamm
Recommendations
- 90
Film Threat
Eastwood once again takes a sharp stab at America’s penchant for attacking first, asking questions later. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
It’s Hauser who carries the film in a rare and unlikely role, that of a presumed loser in life (the man did die just a few years later, at 44) who suffered very unwanted attention — but who, when he needed to, found a way to rise to the occasion. - 75
IndieWire
The film’s low-key approach to a tragic media scandal feels at once timely and old-fashioned — a character study from another era designed to comment on our own. - 75
The Playlist
The director’s best asset remains his indelible style. In his films, he usually doesn’t employ much fluff, limiting how often he cuts. Instead, he relies on pans and savvy blocking. That’s imperative in Richard Jewell, a steady biopic whose best upticks arrive through patience. - 70
Variety
A good story is a good story, and Eastwood knows how to tell a good story. - 70
Screen Daily
Thankfully, Eastwood’s sure grasp of this inherently compelling story mostly overcomes his sentimental propensities. - 67
The A.V. Club
Like so many of the works of Eastwood’s long late period, Jewell offers a story without much of an endpoint, with an uplifting coda that feels almost as jarring as the ending of "American Sniper." But somewhere within its surprisingly pacey two-plus hours is a compelling group portrait of ordinary oddballs in cruel circumstances; it relays Eastwood’s appreciation for individuals over masses better than any speech ever could. - 63
Chicago Tribune
Richard Jewell is a sincere and extremely well-acted irritant from 89-year-old director Clint Eastwood. It’s destined to get under the hides of different moviegoers in radically different ways.
