Movie 12 Angry By Movie Review - 1137 Words

In this essay I will be an analysis of group communication using the movie 12 Angry Men.The movie 12 Angry men is a movie about a jury made up of 12 men as they deliberate the guilt or acquittal of a defendant on the basis of reasonable doubt. They go through many different problems during the deliberation. The movie starts off with all 12 of the jurors in a room. Nobody knows anybody. Everyone friendly introducing themselves and making conversation. Trying to get to know one another. They knew they had to be in a room together all day, so they tried to make the best out of it. They were all meeting because they have to determine whether the defendant is guilty or innocent. Before they started to deliberate they set some group norms. Group†¦show more content†¦Everyone is sick of hearing what he has to say, so they all just leave the table with disbelief and anger. What was once accepted was now shunned. The group doesn’t seem to be cohesive at all because they don’t know one another. Cohesive means closely united. Usually friends in a group act this way. The 12 jurors started off very productive. The foreman took the first vote to see who thinks the defendant is guilty or not guilty and 11 men of the jury voted the defendant is guilty and the last juror voted not guilty. Everyone started to question the man that voted not guilty. They asked him multiple questions on why he felt that way. After, juror #8 the one who said not guilty gave his opinion slowly but surely the other juror started to change their minds. The productivity started to rise and they started to focus more on their task, which if figuring out if the defendant is guilty or not guilty. Because the cohesiveness is moderate their able to perform their highest productivity. Most of the decision was made based on voting. For example, they started off the meeting with voting and everyone gave their opinion. At first, they thought voting was a good idea because everyone was agreeing accept this one guy and then he told them why he voted for what he voted for. Then, others started to change they mind and they can’t leave the room unless the group comes to an agreement, so some of jurors