“The Goldman Case” may turn off some viewers looking for flashier fare. My love of movies about process influenced my favorable response, but anyone who favors courtroom dramas will find much to enjoy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 25, 2024

“The Goldman Case” is a textbook example of courtroom drama, nothing more, nothing less.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 24, 2024

THE GOLDMAN CASE is a riveting courtroom drama from France, detailing a trial that caught national attention in a similar manner to the way that the O.J. Simpson trial did here.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 22, 2024

At times the goings on resemble an episode of the Jerry Springer Show... It is a tense confrontation between extremes that seems ready to explode at any moment.

| Oct 18, 2024

The lack of depicted backstory may render Goldman’s story (let alone his guilt or innocence) somewhat murky to viewers lacking any prior acquaintance. Still, it’s all engrossing, because he is such a fiery, filter-free personality...

| Oct 16, 2024

The Goldman Case is an absorbing, well-acted and unfortunately still relevant examination of historical bias, painstakingly put together from reports and transcripts.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 3, 2024

Ably supported by an excellent cast, it is the superb acting that keeps the Goldman Case alive.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 25, 2024

As with Anatomy of a Fall – which shares creative DNA with this – Cedric Kahn’s film (co-written with Nathalie Hertzberg) reminds us of the clout a good courtroom drama can land.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 25, 2024

... A courtroom drama that at times descends into a physical brawl.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 25, 2024

Worthalter rightfully won this year’s best actor award at the Césars for playing Goldman as an irascible iconoclast with a hair-trigger temper who frequently transforms his own murder trial into a stage for bloviating rants — and yet remains sympathetic.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 25, 2024

It is shot in a grainy documentary-style and is all the better for it, as it builds to a climax that is genuinely enthralling.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 25, 2024

A compelling and immersive drama which attains a contemporary relevance without ever really trying too hard.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 24, 2024

Lacks the serpentine intrigue of Anatomy of a Fall, and its emphasis on courtroom showboating and ostentatious arm-waving can be rather wearing. Still, as an account of a notable moment in French legal history, it’s undeniably compelling stuff.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 23, 2024

The complicated, charismatic Goldman is a gift of a role and it’s one Worthalter really gets his teeth into, with Harari credibly put-upon as Kiejman.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 23, 2024

a meaty philosophical debate for those who want their cinema to challenge them.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 21, 2024

Even if an audience doesn’t relish the opportunity given by The Goldman Case to see the French legal system up close and observe how it differs from our own, the chance to see such a gripping performance by Worthalter is well worth the price of admission.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 20, 2024

I found myself completely gripped by the proceedings.

| Sep 20, 2024

“The Goldman Case” is a film where many characters generally try to keep their composure, some failing miserably.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 20, 2024

Kahn orchestrates the angry energy with an expert hand.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 19, 2024

As far as the film is concerned, Goldman’s guilt is beside the point: the real trial is the messy scrap in the defence between pragmatism and principle.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 19, 2024