2016 · drama · thriller
The Whole Truth
Directed by Courtney Hunt1h 33m2016
A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
Our read: The Whole Truth (2016) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- extreme
- twisty
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