

Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
Acting
Paul Walter Hauser's heartbreaking physicality—soft, desperate, unforgettable.
Acting
Kathy Bates' Oscar-nominated mother speech will wreck you.
Direction
Eastwood's efficient, angry storytelling—no fat, all fury.

Director
Clint Eastwood
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Watson Bryant was so broke he couldn't afford to be Jewell's lawyer pro bono—he literally emptied his savings for this case.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution threatened to sue over Kathy Scruggs' portrayal; the film implies she traded sex for FBI leaks, which coworkers and evidence dispute.
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