Editing 12 Angry Men (1957 film) (section)

=== Favorable response ===
On its first release, ''12 Angry Men'' received critical acclaim. [[A. H. Weiler]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "It makes for taut, absorbing, and compelling drama that reaches far beyond the close confines of its jury room setting." His observation of the twelve men was that "their dramas are powerful and provocative enough to keep a viewer spellbound."<ref>{{cite news |last=Weiler |first=A.H. |title=''Twelve Angry Men (1957)'' Movie Review |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9f02e3de1730e23bbc4d52dfb266838c649ede |work=The New York Times |date=April 15, 1957 |access-date=August 28, 2011 |archive-date=April 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430044536/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F02E3DE1730E23BBC4D52DFB266838C649EDE |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it an "absorbing drama" with acting that was "perhaps the best seen recently in any single film",<ref>{{cite magazine |date=February 27, 1957 |title=12 Angry Men |magazine=Variety |page=6}}</ref> Philip K. Scheuer of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' declared it a "tour de force in movie making",<ref>{{cite news |last=Scheuer |first=Philip K. |title=Audience Sweats It Out—Literally—With Jury |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 11, 1957 |at=Part II, p. 13}}</ref> ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' deemed it "a compelling and outstandingly well-handled drama",<ref>{{cite magazine |date=June 1957 |title=Twelve Angry Men |magazine=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=24 |issue=281 |page=68}}</ref> and [[John McCarten]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' called it "a fairly substantial addition to the celluloid landscape".<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=McCarten |first1=John |date=April 27, 1957 |title=The Current Cinema |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |page=66}}</ref>