On paper, it seems like an Oscar will be reserved for this film. You take the real life story of Betty Anne Waters, a woman who earned her GED, put herself through college and then law school in order to represent her brother who was framed and falsely convicted for a murder. Then you throw in two-time Oscar winner Hillary Swank, character-actor Sam Rockwell, toss in multiple awards nominee Minnie Driver in a supporting role and hire actor-director Tony Goldwyn to oversee it all, and you might as well set a golden statue or two off to the side and call it a day. Unfortunately, there are a few flaws in Conviction that make this incredible story feel less like an Oscar contender, and more like a Hallmark movie of the week. Maybe it can shoot for a Golden Globe.
Conviction is not a bad movie, it just isn’t a very good one either. It is entertaining for the most part, but it lacks the emotional punch that it wants you to feel, and the plot seems to skip over some of the more interesting aspects in order to push developments that have a bigger potential payoff, but a longer buildup. The result is a film that takes an amazing story and waters it down by continually pointing out the emotional side of things, at the cost of the events that caused them.
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