![Watson Bryant (Sam Rockwell) looks on as Barbara Jewell (Kathy Bates) cries in the arms of her son, Richard Jewell (Paul Walter Hauser) who is suspected of being a terrorist when he reports the existence of a bomb during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta in Clint Eastwood’s latest film, “Richard Jewell.” Photo Credit: Warner Brothers](/images/resized/images/news/2016/245_dec20/10_100_100.jpg)
Does Eastwood dislike investigative journalists?
Rating: «« out of ««««
Running Time: 129 minutes
Director Clint Eastwood’s output has been a little spotty lately, with recent efforts like The Mule making an unremarkable impression on this reviewer and The 15:17 to Paris ranking as one the weakest films in his entire catalog. The good news is that his latest, Richard Jewell, is a definite improvement over those two pictures, including some excellent performances from the cast. So, it’s unfortunate that with all the good on display here, there are some issues still present, with one aspect of the feature coming across as particularly misguided and malicious.
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