Jeremy Irons and Ron Silver appear to be equally at home in their respective roles as Claus von Bulow and Alan Dershowitz in this dramatic re-creation of the latter’s efforts to get the former’s murder conviction overturned by the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Though the legal shenanigans are bound to entertain those who are entertained by such things, most of the non-lawyer amusement value featured herein is provided by Irons as the enigmatic von Bulow, particularly his deadpan delivery of the German aristocrat telling gallows humor jokes about himself. The moral of the story isn’t anywhere near as compelling or uplifting as the Dersh seems to think it is, but that doesn’t stop this from being a moderately compelling tale. Mildly amusing
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