Free the Chicago Seven!
Genre: Drama
Director: Alex Conn
Writer: Alex Conn
Cast: Jay Baruchel, Billy Crudup, Jonathan Groff, Woody Harrelson, Emile Hirsch, Bill Skarsgard, Anthony Hopkins, Stephen Root, Corey Hawkins, Zoe Kazan, Maude Apatow, Matt Jones, Joe Mazzello
Budget: $33,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $19,492,041
Foreign Box Office: $7,239,012
Total Profit: -$23,592,409
Reaction: No film based on this subject matter has actually ended up doing well at the box office, in or out of LRF, so maybe this subject matter simply doesn't appeal to a wide audience.
"Jay Baruchel and Emile Hirsch anchor the film with brave, energetic performances, but the script by Alex Conn only cares enough to give us bare-bones, surface-level information on its characters. Regardless of Conn's passion for his subjects, the film never rises above a superficial level, resulting in an ultimately mediocre overall product with some strong aspects throughout." - Dave Manning, Ridgefield Press
"Free the Chicago Seven is too long and doesn't really provide us enough to care about its characters or the outcome of the trial at the center of the story. Speaking of the trial, Conn's script is so vague and wishy-washy with those details that it never feels like there are any stakes to the story. What happens if they lose? Who cares? That was how I felt." - George Overmyer, Baltimore Magazine
"Although it's long, slow, and kind of overexploitive, this is Alex Conn's best movie since Haunted. Conn walks down a fine, thin line on making something new with it's topic without stepping on Sorkin's film's toes. Since you get bare minimum about Hoffman's life, Jay Baruchel's hit or miss as Abbie. While Hirsch & Groff were good too, it's Harrelson that's the standout here."- Tullia Seward, Slate
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