Good performances and premise, but the execution was flawed. The writing and development just seemed very shallow, but I can't say I wasn't interested in the story and characters.

Well made and well acted, but entirely predictable.

Interesting story - poor execution (lame joke, sorry). While Rockwell was decent, Swank was terribly irritating: she kept me from having any sympathy with her character during the whole movie. The thought of such things actually happening is terrifying indeed - but that in itself does not make this a good movie, I'm afraid.

An interesting story with capable actors but the whole thing feels kinda forced and souless.

i love biography category . this film was great. motivator and inspiring. thanks to hillary swank role!

I quite like this despite the fact that it sometimes borders on sentimental cliché. It's got two very committed performances from Swank and Rockwell (with great supporting roles for Melissa Leo and Juliette Lewis, too) and enough emotional pull and honest sentiment to make for an engaging inspirational drama.

Great acting, pretty good story but they look nothing like the real life people.

"Conviction may not much tease the intellect, but one would have to be a rock to be unmoved by the true story's dramatic arc, well played by Swank and Rockwell."

Shamefully bad award fodder

Satisfying drama with an inspiring main character. Conviction is predictable, but I still managed to enjoy.

Too predictable. Well, all based-on-a-true-story movies are. Great performances though.

Well DNA DUH! Might have been more "shocking" if it had come out in the mid-90's, now most of it just seems pretty obvious. Rockwell is good like allways.

Fine performances across the board and there's no denying it's an interesting story, but it's oozing schmaltz out of every pore. I cringed a couple times and said "ugh" out loud once.

Strictly by the numbers and bland, no surprises or standouts here.

I'm one of the few who really loved this movie. The story is absolutely incredible and inspiring. The performances by Swank and Rockwell are outstanding and both deserve recognition, but the standout for me was Juliette Lewis who acted the hell out of the 2 scenes she was in.

"Conviction is the kind of more-bland-than-truly-bad Oscar bait that, to its credit, displays genuine affection for its characters." - Andrew Schenker

Straightforward interesting well done film. Excellent performances. I was surprised they didn't dig into the bad guys anymore than they did, or mention that Ken died in an (accidental?) fall 6 months after his release. Why was the DA so against not overturning a conviction she had nothing to do with originally?

Lots of fine acting, but the executing was like long life sentence. Like you were behind the bars instead of this side of brick.

Strictly by the numbers - and amazing, and touching.

Earnest and straightforward portrayal by Swank in an inspirational family drama.

Two great performances, and a suspenseful court-room style drama.

There's good work goin' on here... It's worth watching...

favorite lines: just tell me you won't try to kill yourself........ okay. this was a very enjoyable movie. a great cast topped of with swank in yet another terrific performance ( she does the girl from the wrong side of the tracks so well ) . big thumbs up!

Ends on a happy note ----- but! The guy died two weeks after he was released in a car accident. Could be a much more different film about grief etc. Some good acting but that's all. Swank's accent was very irritating though.

Sam Rockwell is the most consistently great actor in the business. Overall though, Conviction was released a couple decades too late. I understand that the plot is that of true events, but the build up was way too long for an arc as simple as DNA evidence.

I recently watched All Good Things and some other law suit movies. All i can say law is not accurate most of the time. If someone diggs it there is allways a way to prove innocence or false it. There are lots of cruelty and bad stuff in the world and people's law is not enough to seperate each.

Moves slowly and is far too oscar-grabby-sappy for its own good. Rockwell is decent but not as good as I had been hoping for and everyone else is fair to middling. Too long with too many cringe worthy parts.

moving..

Swank--the most heroic of actresses--battles injustice in this earnest, plodding movie that is almost worthy of her. Sam Rockwell is explosive, funny and dangerous, and Juliette Lewis (with the help of marvelously bad teeth) delivers a memorable performance in her less than ten minutes of screen time.

Good film w/bits of comedy. Sam Rockwell rocked in it.