The Conspirator
Following the assassination of President Lincoln, seven men and one woman, Mary Surratt. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.
17 May 1976, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
30 May 1953, Dublin, Ireland
27 February 1937, Sparta, Michigan, USA
8 April 1966, Dallas, Texas, USA
2 November 1952, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
2 June 1978, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
6 January 1969, Hollywood, Florida, USA
16 September 1981, Houston, Texas, USA
2 July 1980, Mobile, Alabama, USA
28 October 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 January 1986, Berkeley, California, USA
21 June 1981, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
14 May 1962, Rome, Lazio, Italy
January 30, 2012
If nothing else, this is certain to have a long life playing in middle school history classes for decades to come.
April 29, 2011
Once the ideological cat is out of the bag, the drama is degraded to the level of a historical pageant.
April 15, 2011
The nightmare of Lincoln's assassination, and its immediate aftermath, is effectively delivered, and Wright, shrouded in black, her face a mask of indomitable sorrow, gives great gravity to what might otherwise have been a waxworks historical reenactment.
January 02, 2012
The Conspirator deserves a lot more praise than it got on initial release: yes it is slow in parts and even provocatively tentative, but it is intricately crafted, a wonderful example of precision and attention to detail.
April 21, 2013
Robert Redford teams with The American Film Company for The Conspirator, a project better left to the History Channel than the big screen.
May 06, 2011
Atmospheric, illuminating and affecting, The Conspirator captivates like an untold story -- one that you can't believe you've never heard until now, and won't soon forget.
April 28, 2011
Leaves us feeling as empty as a raided tomb.
January 12, 2013
Wonderfully cast and carefully shot, there's barely a hint of a great filmmaker working with a fraction of his normal budget in this period piece...
November 29, 2011
While the film is pretty heavy-handed in framing the story in political terms, it is a compelling historical drama that will be news to many Americans.
April 17, 2011
There's a stiffness that keeps the story from packing a punch. Still, it's handsomely mounted, and at its best moments has the patina of a Masterpiece Theater production.
December 26, 2011
full review at Movies for the Masses
April 22, 2011
A bracing courtroom drama whose every scene seems wreathed in mist, dust motes and cigar smoke, the better to suggest a nation befogged by grief.
