Movie Information
Overall Rank: 1260
Average Rating: 3/4
# of Ratings: 57
Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/1990
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Actors: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra, Uta Hagen, Fisher Stevens
Plot: Follows Alan Dershowitz as he defends wealthy socialite Claus von Bulow from attempted murder charges against his brain-dead wife. Instead of the trial, it focuses on Dershowitz and his team as they prepare their defense. -- Chris Kavan
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Rating of
3/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 07/08/2021
Excellent courtroom drama based on the controversial case of Claus von Bulow (Irons) and his legal battle to clear his name. Jeremy Irons deservingly won an Oscar for playing the cultured if creepy socialite. The late actor Ron Silver is good as his defense attorney Alan Dershowitz. The movie moves along at a good pace and balances out the legal arguments for and against von Bulow’s innocence.
Rating of
3.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/17/2019
More than your typical legal drama, "Reversal of Fortune" finds itself questioning ethics and morality with undeniable sophistication.
Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
4/4
Incredibly well done film
Ichabod Crane - wrote on 12/21/2009
A just about perfect film about a strange real life court case. Every element of the film is brilliantly done. The way in which it presents the facts is very clear and understandable even when it is rather complicated, I was never confused at all because of how they made sure you knew everything . The case is incredibly interesting and the use of flashbacks to illustrate the case are well placed. The movie mostly sticks to the facts of just the case and does not get involved in the family of the case too much but when it does the scenes are also expertly done. The acting is all great especially Ron Silver as the lawyer. The only slight flaw in the film is it talks
of another case of the lawyers that there really is not enough information to care about it but the film kind of wants you …
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