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(SPOILERS LATER BUT FOR NOW YOUR GOOD) I have played and bought a bunch of games and beaten a lot as well, but even in other 3-6 hour games I normally beat them in 3 or 4 sittings. For this game, I started playing in the morning after eating and as soon as I started I immersed myself into this story that made me completely forget that these characters weren't real people because of how great the writing and voice acting was. I normally give video games the benefit of the doubt when it comes to voice acting even if it isn't great, but this voice acting would genuinely pass in a film. I was very surprised to see how many criticisms this game has in the most helpful reviews such as the gameplay, which is not the center of this game. The gameplay is simple so you can listen to the dialogue while playing. This games story moves forward by you simply hiking around while talking to Delilah. If you had some complex epic combat gameplay you wouldn't be able to focus on the important dialogue. (spoilers from now on) The ending is the biggest criticism, but I think the ending is great. Everybody expects something huge but you don't always need that. You just have a good conversation with Delilah and leave, but it leaves you wondering. Wondering if she was possibly teaming up with Ned, and all the possibilities about the teenagers, but that's the point of the game. It's about paranoia. You fear being watched once you see that shadow figure, it's a really creepy game when you think about it. Overall I'd rate this game a 9.5/10, it should be more well-known and it's extremely underrated.

This film deserves its #5 spot on the top 250 best films of all time (According to IMDb). And there is one thing that I noticed about this film. Everything great is because of the writing. The acting, Emotions, Characters, Plot, personal self-enjoyment, and even the cinematography are all vastly improved by the writing. The acting is excellent but without such a great script all of it would seem unrealistic. For example, see some of the scenes in the star wars prequels. I believe that some of the people who acted in them were good actors but had horrible dialogue written by George Lucas that made their acting look awful. For example, I haven't seen it but Hayden Christensen is known for having a great performance in the film "Shattered Glass" Made in 2003 but since his most popular films are badly written, he is known as a bad actor. This films writing however made all of these actors well known for being some of the best of their time.

The emotional core of this film is driven by the writing and although that might seem obvious to you, other people may still think it's driven by the excellent acting, but don't realize that the acting is driven by the writing.

The characters in this film are some of the best I, and most people (who have seen this film) have ever seen. We start the film in a room with 12 strangers and get to know them over time until the point where they feel like real humans and you don't feel like you're watching a film anymore. Once again the writing is the main attribute but this time it's driven by the acting and the writing. I will admit that even with this excellent writing you can still have a bad performance.

I've seen a few people saying this is boring, but I have no idea how you could ever think that. The premise might seem boring, you may ask "Why one room for 99% of the film?". But trust me and almost everybody else when I say that this is not boring at all. The writing and the plot make this a very enjoyable drama/mystery film. Whenever you see a film, don't assume that it's boring, read the plot, look at the genre, and decide if it will be your thing.

Lastly, the cinematography in this film. It's very creative and has a lot of hidden things in it. For example, (SPOILERS HERE) When Juror 7 (Henry Fonda) slowly convinces more people, the camera moves down because he is becoming the boss and he is now above everybody else, but at the beginning the camera is above him, showing how everybody else is above him. (END OF SPOILERS) Now that is really cool and the writing helped make that possible.

Overall, as I said at the beginning this is truly one of the best films of all time and it deserves its place on the IMDb top 5. It's a masterpiece and it goes straight into my top 10. This is my longest review yet so I hope you liked it. Goodbye! 9.8/10.

Little chart thing to see why I rated it a 10:

Acting: 10/10

Cinematography: 9/10

Plot: 10/10.

Self-enjoyment: 9/10

Characters: 10/10

Emotions: 9/10

Score: 7/10

Editing: 9/10.

Writing: 11/10.

Finished after 2 days. I was hoping it would go uphill, (because I watched the first half yesterday and the last 20 minutes of it were REALLY good) but this just stayed at a solid 7/10 with some bad elements. Catherine Zeta-Jones's performance is mixed, as sometimes she is decent, and sometimes her performance is bad. Sometimes the scenes drag out and overall I think it could have been only 2 hours long with some scenes cut out, but the cinematography (especially in the first half) is surprisingly amazing, the editing is great, and the score is good. Overall this is an entertaining, fun film that is flawed. 7/10.