Deborah Ross

One zinger after another – but it’ll leave you cold: Trial of the Chicago 7 reviewed

It feels like it's Aaron Sorkin being smart, rather than the characters

Sacha Baron Cohen as the clownish Abbie Hoffman and Jeremy Strong as stoner Jerry Rubin in The Trial of the Chicago 7. Niko Tavernise / Netflix © 2020 
issue 03 October 2020

Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 — don’t worry, you haven’t missed six earlier films — is a courtroom drama based on true events featuring a stellar cast: Mark Rylance, Frank Langella, Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Jeremy Strong. You may be wondering: hang on, no Michael Keaton? But he tips up too! What, no Joseph Gordon-Levitt? Don’t worry.

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