The Trial Of Chicago 7 Review: 8 Ups & 2 Downs

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8. It's A Dynamic, Crowd-Pleasing Courtroom Drama

Given that Sorkin came to prominence with his script for the all-timer 1992 courtroom drama A Few Good Men - which was adapted from his own play - it's fitting that almost 30 years later he's back with another barnstorming example of the genre done right.

Though Sorkin's script offers up unsubtle allusions to present-day politics, it's a thoroughly old-fashioned, straightforward courtroom romp for the most part, albeit one shot through with contemporary urgency, by way of state-of-the-art editing techniques.

It is a film balanced expertly between telling a necessary story of the fight for justice and making an entertaining film to satisfy the masses - and for the most part, Sorkin pulls off that delicate tightrope walk.

It will have you laughing uproariously one moment and gasping in shock the next, yet without ever feeling tonally inconsistent or embarrassingly showy.