The cast of this film is sterling throughout. There are some great parts for several legendary, at this point, character actors at work. Anyone who has a strong passion for music understands something about Phil Specter. This film gives us a workable understanding of a complex, reclusive and aggravating person at the end of a legendary life. The film clearly makes an argument about his guilt or innocence that surprised me. Most people did not follow the details of this story. I was traveling during that period and recall hearing he was convicted, which is a well known fact, so not a spoiler. This film takes us at least part of the way inside the story of his trial and the question of his true nature, and it does it very relentlessly and fairly in my view. It could have been fleshed out more, there could have been more of it...but is sure does settle some questions in a very interesting way. I was intrigued by one line that suggested Specter would be convicted to make up for not convicting OJ Simpson.I agree his trial was perhaps hopelessly poisoned at the beginning, and this film shows us some basis for this interpretation. The cast and the direction are very, very good.
Review of Phil Spector
