This really was

When John Grisham’s first book came out, I read he got the idea from another court case that wasn’t his, and he thought “What would I do if this was my child?” I’m sure many parents watching this movie have thought the same thing.

She was just an average victim until they had imagine her being "white "

close your eyes, you idiot. and everybody who thinks closing your eyes in court because mccanhay said to do it, are idiots

Thatshithappened

Amen

The woman shown in the middle of the speech was the mother of the two rapists the father of the girl killed them during their trial because he knew they would not get a punishment for what they did. His attorney could not explain why her father killed them the judge forbitt him to mention the crime of his victims.because their trial was nit over. So he used it for his last speak.

Emmit till

Better colorblind our souls quick and wholeheartedly feel that way

Imagine she knew self defense and she hog-tied them and left them to torture later and she did and she said because I knew you were bad and she killed them and not ever spoke of it again with no human remorse says nobody forever ever regardless of what you think

I saw this film almost 30 years ago and I can remember every single detail of this closing statement. It hurt me to thew merge of my bones.

Powerful demonstration of the brutal act of rape. Ex cellent script AND heart stirring acting by Matthew McConaughey

Brilliant acting, poignant subject, parallels a sad reality in some parts of society in the not so distant past. What father wouldn’t feel the rage of avenging his daughter should he find himself in such devastating circumstances? Who wouldn’t look inward and reflect upon their own feelings from the father and jurors point of view. Powerful.

Perspective taking is a true power that can move people. We all have our own problems in life and sometimes we hate people in our lives for who they are, what they did, etc. However if you put yourself into their perspective, if you suffer the same situation as those people, you would truly understand them as a person. He was able to make the jury visualize the story and simply asks "What would you have done then if that happened to you?"

Honestly if you didn't cry, you lost what's meant to be a human

Carl Lee took down Jake too. It was brilliant.

The best book of John Grisham. Best acting I think of Matthew McConaughey ever.

One of the best lines in movie history. The power behind that broken speech was indeed, speechless. This mad him and Sam. They were both excellent, telling a story of such trauma and real life actions is the selling point of this film. I would bet my life a lot of people looked at others different after they watched this. I have 3 daughters. And i wouldve wiped out any adult in that family, you all gotta go.

This is an excellent movie.

Imagine she was your daughter

that will be trump world in 5 months

This movie could have ended right here. Well done.

The film was great but I enjoyed the book more.

Such a powerful writing!

Amazing but brutal film 😢

I get chills every time he says: imagine she's white. Very powerful.

THIS fake. Matt here by puss & Blood is bogus.....This fake is worse tham fake .....Want to wind it. We will. Poisen & Dope. Boggie Creek. Horshit....Nite

Now,imagine she's white. Four most powerful words ever said. That's how he won the case

Imagine that every kid in the occ land was Jewish.

When Jake is on the verge of losing it, it’s because while he’s describing the horror of what happened, he’s imagining it was his own daughter. This was alluded to earlier in the movie.

Yes! Perfect line

Best part of the movie. Made me cry especially when he says now imagine she is white

I never saw the movie, didn’t know the context or the characters or their roles in this scene… but as soon ass I saw Samuel L. Jackson’s face after those last three words, I understood 😧

And this is the world Republicans and Trump want to bring back….. Disgusting…. Not My America!

Matthew should've won an Academy Award for this scene alone.

This is by far the most impactful, closing statement that I’ve ever watched. He’s dripping with Pain, and it comes across so clearly that even a blind person could see it.

Amazing performance and movie. I cried throughout but it was an amazing watch.

Great movie and even greater book! John Grisham is a amazing author!

THE SAME ENERGY YOU TAKE TO DESTROY SOMEONE TAKE THE SAME ENERGY TO LIFT SOMEONE UP. AND TRY TO SEE WERE THAT WILL LEAD YOU.

Wow, all-star cast.

One of my favorite movies. So good. Great acting.

EVERY PERSON NEEDS TO LOOK AT THEMSELVES .AND EVALUATE THEMSELVES EVERY ACTION HAS A REACTION. GOOD ARE BAD

THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU TRY TO MAKE RIGHT WRONG ANDWRONG RIGHT.

"now imagine she's white" said that to show color doesn't matter any father of any race would've done the same thing Carl did if someone did that to their daughter also

"Now imagine she's in your Lincoln".

No way I am closing my eyes.

He almost lost it when he imagined she was white.

I remember watching this during Matthews rom com phase where nobody took him seriously as an actor. This speach alone was foreshadowing of things to come.

This is why Matthew played Rustin Cohle in True Detective, Season 1.

I remember seeing this in the movie theaters in 1996 and this scene so powerful with no sound and as soon as Matthew said “Now imagine she’s white”…the biggest sigh you could ever hear. Amazing movie and just a very powerful scene. They don’t make movies like this anymore.