Conviction Poster
MOVIEmeter
Top 5000
Down 66 this week

Conviction (II) (2010)

R 107 min  -  Biography | Drama  -   5 November 2010 (USA)
7.1
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 7.1/10 from 17,947 users   Metascore: 61/100 
Reviews: 92 user | 166 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com

A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.

Director:

Tony Goldwyn

Writer:

Pamela Gray
Watch Trailer
 Loading+Watchlist

Watch it

Buy it from Amazon »

Related Lists

image of title
a list of 842 titles by tkundig created 2 months ago
 
image of title
a list of 557 titles by JamesRajeshCool created 6 months ago
 
image of title
a list of 1,702 titles by augman74 created 5 months ago
 
image of title
a list of 39 titles by sunshinenic created 5 days ago
 
image of title
a list of 50 titles by mara maric created 06 Feb 2011
 

Connect with IMDb


5 wins & 4 nominations See more awards »

Related Videos

Conviction -- A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders. Conviction -- Clip: What's The Statute Of Limitations? Conviction -- Interview: "Juliette Lewis On The Theme Of The Film"
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hilary Swank ...
Sam Rockwell ...
Thomas D. Mahard ...
Law Professor (as Thomas Mahard)
Owen Campbell ...
Ben Miller
Conor Donovan ...
Richard Miller
Laurie Brown Laurie Brown ...
Law Professor 2
John Pyper-Ferguson ...
Aidan
Minnie Driver ...
Ele Bardha ...
Don
Melissa Leo ...
Rusty Mewha Rusty Mewha ...
Desk Sergeant
Marc Macaulay ...
Officer Boisseau
Bailee Madison ...
Tobias Campbell ...
Frank Zieger ...
Boyfriend
Edit

Storyline

Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction. Written by Fox Searchlight Pictures  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Law School | Murder | Law | Jury | One Word Title  | See more »

Taglines:

The incredible true story of Betty Anne Waters See more »

Genres:

Biography | Drama

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violent images See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

View content advisory »
Edit

Details

Official Sites:

Official site | Add/edit official sites  »

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

A Condenação See more »

Filming Locations:

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$12,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$102,351 (USA) (17 October 2010) (11 Screens)

Gross:

$6,783,129 (USA) (26 December 2010)
See more »

Company Credits

Show detailed company contact information on IMDbPro »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
See full technical specs »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although the family of the murder victim Katharina Brow requested a meeting with producer/star Hilary Swank, that has not happened. They have hired Gloria Allred with intention to sue Swank for not consulting them or putting their mother "in a better light." See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: In various scenes where Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell's characters are meeting in the jail, the Sprite that Hilary drinks from has the new logo from 2005 consisting of two yellow and green "halves" forming an "S" lemon/lime design. This logo had not yet been created during the implied times of these scenes. See more »

Quotes

Betty Anne Waters: I don't deserve a friend like you.
Abra Rice: You damn right, you don't!
See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Maltin on Movies: Unknown & Cedar Rapids (#1.24)" (2011) See more »

Soundtracks

"Heaven and Hell"
Written by McCluskey / Roewe
Performed by Wild Colonials
Licensed by Arrangement with St Bernadette Music (ASCAP) and Give A Wave Music (BMI)
Administered by Bug Music Courtesy of DGC Records, Inc.
by arrangement with Universal Music See more »