▁Pur ple ." ▁Roger ▁E bert ▁awarded ▁the ▁film ▁three ▁out ▁of ▁four ▁stars , ▁writing : ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁the ▁movie ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁several ▁discussed ▁by ▁No ah ▁Ber lat sky ▁in ▁The ▁Atlantic ▁in ▁an ▁article ▁concerning ▁white ▁sav ior ▁narr atives ▁in ▁film , ▁calling ▁it ▁' san ct imon ious ▁dri vel .' ▁ ▁Morgan ▁Fre eman ▁is ▁very ▁proud ▁of ▁the ▁movie : ▁" I ▁loved ▁the ▁film . ▁I ▁really ▁did . ▁I ▁had ▁a ▁moment ▁of ▁err , ▁during ▁the ▁kill ings . ▁I ▁thought ▁that ▁was ▁a ▁little ▁over - wr ought . ▁But ▁he ▁( Sp iel berg ) ▁wanted ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁point ▁and ▁I ▁understood ▁that ." ▁ ▁Box ▁office ▁The ▁film ▁earned ▁$ 4 4 , 2 2 9 , 4 4 1 ▁at ▁the ▁box ▁office ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁debut ing ▁at ▁▁ 5 ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁ ▁Awards ▁and ▁hon ors ▁Am ist ad ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁Academy ▁Awards ▁in ▁four ▁categories : ▁Best ▁Support ing ▁A ctor ▁( An th ony ▁Hop kins ), ▁Best ▁Original ▁D ram atic ▁Sc ore ▁( John ▁Williams ), ▁Best ▁Cin emat ography ▁( Jan usz ▁K ami ński ), ▁and ▁Best ▁Cost ume ▁Design ▁( R uth ▁E . ▁Carter ). ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁List ▁of ▁films ▁featuring ▁sla very ▁ ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁fiction ▁ ▁Tri al ▁film