Renée Zellweger is back, and I couldn’t be happier.
The Oscar winning actress stars opposite Keanu Reeves in Courtney Hunt’s court room drama The Whole Truth.
While the film’s first trailer, released today, dives heavily into the plot, possibly revealing a twist or two, the film broadly appears to be in much the same vein of popular John Grisham stories of the 1990s. Think Matthew McConaughey in A Time to Kill, Tom Cruise in The Firm or Gene Hackman in The Chamber. The only perceived difference is that here we have Keanu Reeves.
Relying heavily on voice over and clever editing, we are able to piece together the larger pieces to the overall story as we witness Reeves’ Ramsey, a tough lawyer hellbent on getting his client acquitted for the murder of his father, work the courtroom (and his clients) with tempo and finesse. But the case isn’t quite as simple as perceived, especially once we find out that Ramsey’s client has confessed o the crime.
The chilling crime drama co-stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Gabriel Basso and Jim Belushi. It is scheduled to hit theaters and on-demand on October 21st.
