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Just Mercy
2019
· Movie
· 137 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #751
- IMDb #898
- Google retired #25
- Rotten Tomatoes #351
- Metacritic #1848
- Letterboxd #920
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1520
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4
- Metacritic Critics #1601
- Metacritic Audience #2329
- Criticker #925
- Kinopoisk #1258
- AlloCiné #421
- Trakt #185
Every rating
59–99
out of 100
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Lowest is Criticker on 59, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 99.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young Harvard-educated lawyer moves to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or lacking proper representation. He takes on the case of a man sentenced to death for the murder of a young girl, despite overwhelming evidence proving his innocence. He battles a deeply flawed legal system and systemic racism to fight for his client's life.
Details
- Director
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- Writers
- Andrew Lanham, Destin Daniel Cretton
- Based on
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Released
- 25 December 2019
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $50.4M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 14 →7 wins from 14 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2020 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Jamie Foxx | Nominee |
| AARP's Movies For Grownups Awards 2020 | Best Supporting Actor | Jamie Foxx | Nominee |
| Black Reel Awards 2020 | Outstanding Ensemble | Carmen Cuba | Nominee |
| Black Reel Awards 2020 | Outstanding Film | Asher Goldstein and Gil Netter | Nominee |
| Black Reel Awards 2020 | Outstanding Supporting Actor | Jamie Foxx | Nominee |
| NAACP Image Awards 2020 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Jamie Foxx | Winner |
| NAACP Image Awards 2020 | Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture | Destin Daniel Cretton | Nominee |
| NAACP Image Awards 2020 | Outstanding Breakthrough Role in a Motion Picture | Rob Morgan | Nominee |
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Jamie Foxx | Nominee |
NAACP Image Awards
6 nominations, 4 won
| Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Michael B. Jordan | Winner |
| Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Just Mercy | Winner |
| Outstanding Motion Picture | Just Mercy | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Jamie Foxx | Winner |
| Outstanding Breakthrough Role in a Motion Picture | Rob Morgan | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture | Destin Daniel Cretton | Nominee |
African-American Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Jamie Foxx | Winner |
| Top 10 films of the year | Just Mercy | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Freedom of Expression Award | Just Mercy | Winner |
Black Reel Awards
3 nominations
| Outstanding Ensemble | Carmen Cuba | Nominee |
| Outstanding Film | Asher Goldstein and Gil Netter | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor | Jamie Foxx | Nominee |
AARP's Movies For Grownups Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Jamie Foxx | Nominee |