The Whole Truth (2016)

Reno

5.0

Dec 14, 2016

**...Or the whole lie!** It's a courtroom drama, about a murder mystery of a wealthy lawyer. It opened with a defense attorney voicing his 17 year old boy client suspected of murder of his own father. The boy had not spoken ever since the incident, so his lawyer does not know how to build the case and defend him. Seems no one know what happened except the boy, so proving he's an innocent becomes their tough nut to crack. How the trial ends and revealing truth comes in the later part. Boring. That's right, but not fully. The main reason was it is slow like a soulless. There's no one's per…

A decent but ultimately forgettable legal drama that shows promise but fails to fully deliver. Worth a watch for genre fans, but temper your expectations. 6/10. The script presents a good core idea but needed more refinement. The final twist, while not terrible, doesn't deliver the satisfying payoff the buildup suggests. Interestingly, this might have worked better as a a type of series, where the characters could have been properly fleshed out and the story given room to breathe. The script presents a good core idea but needed more refinement. The final twist, while not terrible, doesn't d…