# @newtrier_news on Instagram

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- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/26365547-newtrier-news-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-02-01T14:46:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** New Trier News (@newtrier_news) — https://gondola.cc/newtrier_news

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With the release of “Juror #2,” originally pitched as Clint Eastwood’s final film, the 94-year-old director is hardly going out with a bang. Warner Bros. decided to release the movie to fewer than 50 theaters, burying it in the abyss of streaming services. But how is the film itself? Here’s my take (minor spoiler alert).

On paper, there’s a lot to like. Nicholas Hoult leads a star-studded cast that includes Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, and Kiefer Sutherland, all of whom turn in strong performances. Yet, despite the talent involved, the film falters with shallow character development. Beyond Hoult’s Justin Kemp, Zoey Deutch’s Allison Crews, and Colette’s Faith Killebrew, I struggled to recall the names of any other characters. It’s perhaps an indictment of the film that so few characters leave a memorable impression. Even the jurors themselves, despite their significant screen time, are relegated to brief moments of exposition or isolated outbursts—the limited times we learn anything about them. This underutilization of such an acclaimed cast leaves the film feeling like a missed opportunity—almost like a made-for-TV movie.

Editor-in-Chief Neil Sanderson wrote the story.

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