In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster movies. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the case which would forever shake the United Kingdom's belief in capital punishment.... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster movies. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the case which would forever shake the United Kingdom's belief in capital punishment.
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| Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanLet Him Have It is unabashedly weighted toward the perspective of the murderer as victim -- a notion that does not enjoy much public currency in our more violent times. But if ever there was a victim of the judicial system, it was Derek Bentley. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe last 30 minutes of the story are overwhelmingly strong, blending human drama and social history into a series of extremely moving scenes, leading to a brief coda that's as unexpected and audacious as anything seen on a movie screen in years. |
| The SpectatorHarriet WaughThis is deeply moving, and I nearly wept. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIn his reconstruction of the trial, Medak is unforgiving, showing a legal system less concerned with justice than with proving itself correct. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelA superior docudrama about a famous 1952 English murder case. |
| Seattle TimesMichael UpchurchThe script, by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, finds enough quirks in its protagonists to lift them above the issues-movie premise. Michael Kamen's atmospheric chamber score is also crucial to the film's success. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksThe first-time screenplay, by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, is very good, and the performances are excellent all around, with kudos to Holman, Courtenay and especially Eccleston. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonThe movie's social agenda takes over; it becomes an editorial against the atrocity of capital punishment, and the personal details, the emotions, are obscured. As a result, the movie falls into two halves, and, therefore, is about half good. |
| Pasadena WeeklyJohn EstherOne of the best films on capital punishment ever. |
| South Florida Sun-SentinelCandice RussellIt is straightforward and riveting, with an unexpected emotional power. |
