About this episode

This episode examines Clint Eastwood's film Juror #2, focusing on its plot and themes surrounding a murder trial.

This episode examines Juror #2, Clint Eastwood’s most recent—and perhaps final—film. Juror #2 centers around the trial of a man accused of murdering his girlfriend after a fight at a bar, leaving her in a ditch by the side of a road. The twist comes early: Justin Kemp a/k/a Juror #2 (played by Nicholas Hoult) soon realizes that the wrong man is on trial—as he hears the evidence, Kemp figures out that he, and not the defendant, killed the victim. Kemp realizes that he accidentally hit the defe...

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Hafetz

Guest: Frank Wohl

Topics covered

• film analysis
• legal drama
• murder trial
• Clint Eastwood
• cinema
• narrative twist

Keywords

• Juror #2
• Clint Eastwood
• Nicholas Hoult
• murder trial
• film analysis
• legal drama

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Juror #2

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