Yes No Maybe So: "Just Mercy"
Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 11:00AM
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by Ben Miller

Festival season is in full swing and there are just a few complete unknowns left in the game.  One of those, which could turn out to be a big awards player, is Dustin Daniel Cretton’s Just Mercy starring Michael B. Jordan and Oscar-winners Brie Larson and Jamie Foxx.  Let’s dive in with a Yes, No, Maybe So after the jump...


YES

NO

MAYBE SO


The trailer feels like a Maybe So, but let's give Cretton and that incredible trio of central actors the benefit of the doubt. So it's a YES.  Though it's easy to feel confident in the collective filmmaking ability here - what do you make of its Oscar chances?  Warner Brothers is looking for a big awards push with a Christmas release and a premiere at Toronto this Thursday.  We should know very soon.

 

 

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