I watched this one night on TCM, and, being interested in such movies, watched the whole thing through. I think it was on Halloween last year, so I was only 14-- so it was fine for my age, and is actually good for almost everyone. Some kids will want to see it, albeit they might fall asleep given their tastes in movies, so i suggest that the viewers be interested in such a genre of movies (or at least the novels of John Grisham-- who is an excellent author by the way).

A fantastic movie with incredible acting and dialogue that drive the movie. Not much else can drive the movie when the entire thing is shot in a little room.

I saw this for the first time when I was in school, and I thought, 'a movie made in one room with a bunch of old men?' but then when we watched the film I was riveted. I think this movie might bore younger children, because it is mosstly dialogue and filmed in one room, but for teens and aduls this film is simply brilliant!

This is an amazing movie! I viewed it my senior year of high school and every time the bell would ring I would get angry because that meant we would have to pause the movie haha I was skeptical at first, I mean the whole movie takes place in one room. But any skepticism I has flew out the window with the first scene. This is a powerful movie, and being shot in one room it's carried along by the dialogue which will just blow you away. That one man can make 11 others doubt what they firmly believe to be true, is astounding. Young children might be bored, but anyone over the age of 12 should be able to appreciate it.

THIS MOVIE WAS AWESOME!! some kids might find it boring though... i watched it wheni was 10, didnt have a problem with it. ALl they do is sit in a roomm and decide whether the guys guilty or not. THe only things thats scary is that the thing there wondering is whether the guy killed his father or not. But they dont talk about the actual killing, like their are no blood images or "descriptiveness" but once they say but the knife would have stabbe dhim dififferently and then out of nowhewre one of the jury members take a knife and stabs the tabnle because hes angry....it sounds scary but its not like there talking about the knife and then the guy is holdintg it, and when hes done-just to prove a point he stabs the knife into the table

Personally I thought the start of the film was VERRRRY slow. But the middle and certainly ending sections closed up great, the thing really to congratulate about this film is it's so gripping even though it takes place in a small, heated room. The cinematography is great, pulling out, and the close-ups when the jurors are angry is just awesome.