THE BURIAL

Director: Maggie Betts
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Bill Camp, Mamoudou Athie, Jurnee Smollett, Alan Ruck, Pamela Reed

Having Jamie Foxx star as a hotshot attorney who has never lost a case is inspired casting and one that should get people to watch The Burial. It is inspired by a true story set in Florida in 1995. It stars Tommy Lee Jones as Jeremiah O’Keefe a proud husband, father, and grandfather to a large family who runs a family funeral home. It’s been passed down from one generation to the next. He’d like to keep that going, but he’s in severe debt and needs to make some severe changes. He gets the idea to sell off some of his businesses to Ray Loewen (Camp) who runs a corporation of funeral homes and is incredibly wealthy. The deal goes sour with Jeremiah suing Ray over the contract. Jeremiah’s legal team includes his longtime attorney Mike (Ruck) and the young Hal (Athie) It’s a massive case, and it’s Hal’s idea to bring in the big guns and hire Jamie Foxx’s character, Willie Gary. Willie is a personal injury lawyer whose big personality gets him massive settlements, and he’s been featured on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. The film also stars Jurnee Smollett as Mame Downs, the lawyer Ray hires in order to go head to head with Willie Gary. Now in select theaters and streaming on Prime Video

Here’s my review