Clint Eastwood’s latest film is a miscarriage-of-justice tale taken from real life, a parable about the evils of “big government” that plays like a weird mashup of Paul Blart: Mall Cop with a bit of Marty, the 1955 Ernest Borgnine film about a sweet, unattractive guy who lives with his mother. During the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta, an extreme-right terrorist named Eric Rudolph planted a pipe bomb at the city’s Centennial Park that killed one person and injured many; he was not caught until 2003. The fact that the casualties were not higher is down to the unassuming heroism of one man: private security guard Richard Jewell, a nerdy, overweight guy who lived withhis mom, yearned to be a real cop and was an officious stickler for protocol – he spotted the rogue unattended backpack overlooked by those regular cops that Richard idolised, and began toherdthe crowds away. Sam Rockwell plays Watson Bryant:thetime-honoured role of the cantankerous, shambolic lawyer who takes up the underdog cause. In the background of many press conference scenes, incidentally, the confederate flag is unselfconsciously displayed alongside the star-spangled banner. This means sleeping with FBI man Tom Shaw, a fictional composite of the actual officers,and this dull, shrill, square-jawed role points up Jon Hamm’s weaknesses as an actor.
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