Critics Say Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Shows His Gifts as a Filmmaker Beyond His Words
Also Read: 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' New Trailer: Sacha Baron Cohen Will Give His Life for the Revolution (Video)“Sure, his dialogue has been visceral and urgent in movies from ‘A Few Good Men’ to ‘The Social Network’ to ‘Steve Jobs.’ But in ‘Chicago 7’ — only his second film as a director, after 2017’s ‘Molly’s Game’ — he emerges as an assured filmmaker whose style can be as propulsive as his words,” TheWrap’s Steve Pond wrote in his review.“Sorkin takes a rather dense, complicated court case–one peopled with figures who clung to stubborn differences even in the context of their shared ideals–and keeps it aloft every minute, as if he were following the aerodynamic principles of hang-gliding rather than moviemaking,” Stephanie Zacharek