"Just Mercy"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

For this week's second podcast review Dan Bayer, guest Kathia Woods and I discuss the new film from Destin Daniel Cretton titled "Just Mercy" starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, Rob Morgan and Tim Blake Nelson. Telling the true story of renowned lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his fight for justice in the American legal system, the film addresses many important topics while providing us with excellent performances from its entire cast. But what did we ultimately think of the film? Tune in below to find out. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of Just Bursi.
0:05.9	Tell me everything that happened.
0:10.2	The first time I visited Death Row, I wasn't expecting to meet somebody the same age as me.
0:15.2	From a neighborhood, just like ours, could have been me, Mama.
0:18.0	But what you're doing is going to make a lot of people upset.
0:24.6	You always taught me to fight for the people who need to help most. Your life is still meaningful, and I'm gonna do everything possible to keep them from taking.
0:29.6	You only know what you're into down here in Alabama.
0:33.6	When you're guilty from the moment you're born.
0:35.6	Guard.
0:36.6	Mr. McMillan. We're. Guard. Mr. McMillan.
0:38.3	We're done here.
0:39.3	Mr. McMillan, please.
0:41.3	I was just about to give up when I got a call from a Harvard lawyer looking to start a legal center for inmates on death row.
0:51.3	I was in before he even offered me the job.
0:55.0	You the lawyer?
0:56.0	Yes ma'am.
0:58.0	Thank you so much for driving all the way out here. Most lawyers barely make time to call.
1:03.0	I can't believe you talk to all my people and say you're going to fight for me.
1:07.0	I did.
1:08.0	That mean a lot.
1:09.0	If you go digging in those wounds, you're going to be making a lot of people very unhappy.
1:13.6	When people care about a thing that much, they'll do anything to get what they want.
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