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He pretends to be cool and calm about it all until he turns away from the bench for a minute to grab a glass of water. His hand shakes as he drinks it. Pretty funny if you notice it.

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I actually found that one piece of direction to be so over the top that it was a distraction from an otherwise brilliant scene.

However, in keeping with AFGM, my favorite subtle moment is when Keefer Sutherland is nearly at the end of his cross-examination, and after a brief, heated exchange develops between Cruise and Bacon, the camera cuts back to Keefer on the stand, staring off into space, now oblivious to Bacon's redirect--and ostensibly churning inside about the obvious lies to which he has just testified.