"Court" tells the story of a man who gets imprisoned because of his songs and his fallout with the system. The story, in a surprising and smart, move, does not center in the character of the man falsely imprisoned, but on the legal system, society and the people that get to defend or accuse him during the trial. Tamhane does not center on creating empty heroes, but on trying to create a realistic view on a dated system, a system that instead of giving solutions creates more problems. It is a soft satire (it never goes for the jugular), but it also isn't afraid of pointing fingers and making clear points on the problems a society has when the laws that humans created become set on stone and are more 'the word of god' that a set of rules to help humanity. The acting is sometimes a little bit 'shacky' but the soft approach in that respect helps in making the feel of the story more realistic, instead of your lawyers and judges that seem to have come out of a catalog. Recommended, but then, don't go expecting the law to help you.
Review of Court
