True Believer
Ron Kuby, on whom the Robert Downey, Jr. character is based in True Believer, and author and former New York Times legal correspondent David Margolick, were entertaining post-screening guests in this film about a lawyer who once fought for the innocence of his clients but now has become a mere defender of drug dealers, is righteously redeemed by once again fighting for innocence rather than challenging the legal system on constitutional due process. If Reversal of Fortune was about a lawyer’s focus on legal process over truth and innocence, and if To Kill a Mockingbird is primarily about innocence and truth, then True Believer is a film where a lawyer cynically becomes focused exclusively on legal process and then is redeemed into the crusader that would make any Atticus Finch fan proud.
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