
High powered lawyer Claire Kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband, who she thought was Tom Kubik, is arrested and is revealed to be Ron Chapman. Chapman is on trial for a murder of Latin American villagers while he was in the Marines. Claire soon learns that to navigate the military justice system, she'll need help from the somewhat unconventional Charlie Grimes; meanwhile, Claire's sister, Jackie, is falling in love with wet-behind-the-ears Lieutenant Embr... (Full plot summary below)
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High powered lawyer Claire Kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband, who she thought was Tom Kubik, is arrested and is revealed to be Ron Chapman. Chapman is on trial for a murder of Latin American villagers while he was in the Marines. Claire soon learns that to navigate the military justice system, she'll need help from the somewhat unconventional Charlie Grimes; meanwhile, Claire's sister, Jackie, is falling in love with wet-behind-the-ears Lieutenant Embry assigned as the official defense lawyer. And most of the eyewitnesses have rather too conveniently died.
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| Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanOnce, for no reason, Franklin whirled the camera around 360 degrees while two people were having an ordinary conversation. I suspect he must have been as bored by then as I was. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxHigh Crimes goes a long way on old-fashioned star power mixed with a few new twists. Luckily, it doesn't have to go any further. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenConventional, with a twist you'll probably guess, but absorbing because of Ashley Judd's forceful performance. |
| Film Journal InternationalEric MonderFranklin only takes the worst from Hitchcock (surprise over suspense and a 'lying' flashback red herring), without adding any style of his own. |
| Village VoiceNick RutiglianoSecret trials and buried atrocities are no match for a plucky (and rich, and svelte) young heroine, least of all Ms. Ashley Judd, who eyebrow-cocks her way through Carl Franklin's witless High Crimes. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleHas some faults, but it manages to keep its audience either angry or jumpy from start to finish. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis is the second movie Judd and Freeman have made together (after "Kiss the Girls" in 1997). They're both good at projecting a kind of Southern intelligence that knows its way around the frailties of human nature. |
| Salon.comCharles TaylorHigh Crimes does offer good, often sharp and funny work from its two stars. But you can't fake excitement, and it's a lousy feeling to know that the best commercial movie I can point you to right now is this shallow, self-erasing nonsense. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesThe plot, involving a military cover-up, isn't the most original, but the adroit cast and crew milk it for all its worth. ... You won't be disappointed. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumStylish and effective, if slightly overlong, thriller. |