Movie of the week "The life of David Gale"

"The life of David Gale" is a film directed by Alan Parker. Movie was released in the year 2003 in USA. The movie was commercial failure at box-office. I decided it to cover under this column because of its theme and the performances by its leading pair of actors.

Movie revolves around the theme of "Death Penalty (Capital Punishment)". Kevin Spacey plays the role of college professor and active opponent of capital punishment, whose life is turned upside down when he's falsely accused of raping a student. He is fired from his job and eventually put on death row for the brutal murder of a colleague. Kate Winslet plays Bitsy Bloom, an ambitious journalist who interviews Gale in his final days before execution.

Movie was not able to get positive reviews from the critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie had a 20% rating based on 152 reviews. Director Alan Parker manages to deliver a strong anti-capital punishment message alongside enough twists, turns and shocking moments to keep me on the edges of my sofa.

Positives of the movie:
1. Performance of Kevin Spacey and Kate winslet.
2. Theme of the movie.
3. Direction and editing of the movie.

Negatives of the movie:
1. Box-office failure.
2. Anti-capital punishment.(Is also high point of the movie)