A motion picture with the stuffy manner of historical reenactment, though it recalls a devastating incident in US history that has since been forgotten by the general public.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 31, 2023

Robert Redford directs a solid ensemble of actors with impeccable discretion . [Full review in Spanish]

| Aug 9, 2022

Nevertheless, this film will appeal to those that love history and those who havent touched a history book since high school.

| Feb 11, 2022

Robert Redford's intriguing historical drama brings to light an overlooked episode from America's past but clearly intends to shine a torch on the present-day US as well.

| Dec 5, 2020

Redford requests your attention without using special effects or action sequences.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 5, 2020

The bigger problem is that the central character of [Mary] Surratt, as pictured here, is completely unengaging.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 8, 2019

Although the "guilty" verdict is already a foregone conclusion, under the sure, steady direction of Robert Redford[...]the film builds suspense and allows the watcher to hope against hope that somehow the verdict will return as "not guilty".

| Dec 14, 2018

Given the pedigree of the cast... it's such a shame that The Conspirator is, for the most part, a run-of-the-mill courtroom drama.

| May 14, 2018

Robert Redford teams with The American Film Company for The Conspirator, a project better left to the History Channel than the big screen.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 21, 2013

If nothing else, this is certain to have a long life playing in middle school history classes for decades to come.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 30, 2012

The Conspirator deserves a lot more praise than it got on initial release: yes it is slow in parts and even provocatively tentative, but it is intricately crafted, a wonderful example of precision and attention to detail.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 2, 2012

full review at Movies for the Masses

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 26, 2011

While the film is pretty heavy-handed in framing the story in political terms, it is a compelling historical drama that will be news to many Americans.

| Original Score: B | Nov 29, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

The Conspirator conveys the heaviness of its story and its setting -- a torn nation desperate to heal the lingering wounds on both sides after the close of the Civil War.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 9, 2011

A talky and often-stodgy film that will please history buffs but leave ordinary viewers a touch cold.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 26, 2011

Not one to shy away from political themes (after all, he starred in "The Candidate," "All the President's Men" and "Lions for Lambs,"...Redford can't help but make us think about the times we live in now.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 16, 2011

The first half hour feels too much like a history lesson but from thereon in, The Conspirator is a compelling drama.

| Original Score: A- | Aug 1, 2011

Robert Redford's courtroom drama about the trial of Mary Surratt after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln is both a gripping drama and a rather stuffy flag-waving exercise.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 30, 2011

This does not feel like a real movie. It is an 'epic' along the lines of Entourage's Medellin, or 30 Rock's The Rural Juror.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 26, 2011