Video Capsule Review

High Crimes (2002)

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PIXIE STICKS Caviezel and Judd between crying jags

High Crimes: Bruce Talamon

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Release Date: Apr 05, 2002; Rated: PG-13; Video Release Date: Aug 27, 2002; Genre: Thriller; With: Morgan Freeman and ; Distributor: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation

By William Stevenson

Billed as a thriller, High Crimes plays more like a soap opera, since its heroine (Ashley Judd) and her hunky husband (Jim Caviezel) keep breaking down in tears. Judd is a defense attorney whose enigmatic other half is a former Marine who gets court-martialed for murders he says he didn't commit. Facing a military judicial system stacked against her, she enlists the help of a ragtag, recovering-alcoholic lawyer (Freeman) who has experience in Army trials.

After all the legal maneuvering and weeping, there's hardly any time left for thrills until the far-fetched, twisty conclusion. Only the pretty San Francisco locations -- captured well by director Carl Franklin -- and the even prettier Judd are worth saluting.

Posted Aug 20, 2002

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