
When 17-year-old Johnjo gives his cousin and his friends a lift, he finds himself implicated in a stabbing.
Directed by David Blair, Common leans on a strong ensemble — Nico Mirallegro, Susan Lynch, Daniel Mays — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2014.
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Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mother, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he didn't commit.
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