Just Mercy

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$50.4M

A powerful and thought-provoking true-story, "Just Mercy" follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan might have had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson.) One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx,) who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds-and the system-stacked against them.

🏆 9 wins & 19 nominations total

Genres

Biography, Crime, Drama

Director

Destin Daniel Cretton

Cast

Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson

Released

10 January 2020

Runtime

2h 17m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

7.6 / 10

Votes

81,584

Metascore

68

Rotten Tomatoes

85%

Box office

$36,001,502

Budget

$25,000,000

Edition

Base