"Conviction" is based on a true story about a woman who didn't graduate from high school but then works her way through law school in order to get her brother out of prison. She believes that her brother was wrongly accused and ultimately convicted of the brutal murder of an elderly woman in a small town in Massachusetts. This woman devotes her entire life to her brother's cause, which causes her marriage to fail and causes her kids to leave her. However, you are truly inspired by her conviction to finish law school just so she can become her brother's lawyer and work on getting him out of jail where he is serving a life sentence without parole. The movie was gritty and touching, and sometimes depressing. The corruption in the legal system was appalling and the destruction of lives shown in the film was sad.
The movie was well done and you really connect with the main character, played by Oscar winner Hilary Swank. This film gets 4 out of 5 stars.
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