Clint Eastwood’s new film is called Juror#2, a legal drama/thriller starring Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Zoey Deutch, J.K. Simmons and Kiefer Sutherland.

According to IMDB, “While serving as a juror in a high-profile murder trial, a family man finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma, one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict or free the wrong killer.”

Without spoiling the film, there is a central piece of the story that depends on you accepting a HUGE coincidence, one that is really implausible, and I had a real difficult time suspending my disbelief to make this possible. This story element made it very difficult for me to enjoy the movie.

I thought Nicholas Hoult was outstanding as Justin Kemp, who was the titular character. J.K. Simmons was great but he was not in the film enough. Toni Collette’s character, Faith Killebrew, the prosecutor, was okay, but not stand out. Kiefer Sutherland played the worst lawyer I have ever seen on screen.

I began to get past the issues I had as the film went on, but I was not a fan of the ending either. It felt a bit anticlimactic.

I have not been a huge fan of recent Eastwood directed films, and this one is a mixed bag for me. I did enjoy a lot of what was presented, but the whole center storyline element just was too much for me to handle. Overall, it was fine.

3 stars