The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a story dripping in mythos, yet teeming with incredible humanity, with a power that more than carries across the five decades between then and now: folklore inseparable from the world today.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 8, 2025

It’s a perfectly functional re-enactment of events that lacks grace and subtlety. It references history, but only for lip service, making everything feel removed and lacking context.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 5, 2024

The Trial of the Chicago 7 is Aaron Sorkin at his finest, and I hope the next project he does has as much passion and heart in it as this does.

| Original Score: A- | Apr 4, 2024

With such a compelling story and quick, sharp editing to match the screenplay, this is a worthy film for my top ten of the year.

| Mar 1, 2024

Mark Rylance proves to us why that surprise Oscar win was well deserved

| Aug 30, 2023

Sorkin strains to abbreviate that long arc of the moral universe, flexing it toward justice through the sheer force of sophistry and righteous indignation.

| Jul 26, 2023

Maintaining the focus on a single location is an exceptional decision for a movie where words are the action of the story. Inside the courtroom is where every fascinating argument ensues, never losing steam until the very end.

| Original Score: A | Jul 24, 2023

Sorkin had to navigate more than a handful of characters, yet somehow he managed to give each of them momentum. Even characters in supporting roles are nuanced and well-developed.

| Jul 20, 2023

The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a studious, accessible, intense courtroom drama that compares favorably to historically great courtroom dramas like To Kill a Mockingbird, 12 Angry Men, and Judgment at Nuremberg.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 6, 2022

Captures the exact spirit of the end of the hippie era. [Full review in Spanish]

| Sep 20, 2022

If you find yourself on the idealistic end of the spectrum, The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a film that is made for the masses. It applies the classic Hollywood treatment to its worthy subject matter

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 3, 2022

Sorkin writes a very white hat/black hat tale that leaves practically nothing for us to wrestle with. Still, he’s a good enough writer to energize the many characters and tell a mesmerizing story even if it’s only a subjective CliffsNotes version.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 27, 2022

It is good to see that the creator of the inimitable Borat and Ali G demonstrate that his range extends to characters who might melt into everyday society.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 22, 2022

While the term important film is overused, The Trial of the Chicago 7 is one of the years essential must-see films.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 18, 2022

Sorkin has tapped into something. Whether it's called Capraesque or Spielbergian, the label denotes a film that accesses our emotions and ideological sympathies in simple but undeniable ways.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 17, 2022

The Trial of the Chicago 7 might not be the most revolutionary film of the year when it comes to thesis, but its craft and basic effectiveness is undeniable.

| Feb 12, 2022

[A] spirited and very entertaining affair...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 3, 2021

As an ensemble piece, the film is exceptional, and it laments Sorkin as an interesting director, who still has much to learn in terms of visual storytelling.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 10, 2021

Seems rushed and too close to the heart of the filmmaker to be more grounded in living history than in personal sentiment, but it has Mark Rylance to hold that balance.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 31, 2021

Sorkin uses this reminder for building an emotionally laden finale, one whose essence remains solid - a truth that advises remembering the past and trying to learn from it...

| Jul 19, 2021