Class Action (1991)
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 6
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Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 0
No consensus yet.
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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 4,996
Movie Info
A pair of lawyers must balance their professional principles (such as they are) against family loyalties in this courtroom drama. Jedediah Ward (Gene Hackman) is a leftist lawyer who has based his career on helping people avoid being taken for a ride by the rich and powerful; he's pursued principle at the expense of profit, though he has a bad habit of not following up on his clients after their cases are settled. Jed's daughter, Maggie (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), has had a bad relationship
Mar 15, 1991 Wide
Feb 1, 2005
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Cast
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Gene Hackman
Jedediah Tucker Ward -
Mary Elizabeth Mastranton...
Maggie Ward -
Colin Friels
Michael Grazier -
Joanna Merlin
Estelle Ward -
Laurence Fishburne
Nick Holbrook -
Donald Moffat
Quinn -
Jan Rubes
Pavel -
Fred Dalton Thompson
Doctor Getchell -
Jonathan Silverman
Brian -
Acoustic Warriors
Band at Rosatti's -
David Byron
Carl -
Judge John Dearman
Judge -
Greg Goossen
Bartender at Rosatti's -
Gretchen Grant
Party Goer -
Ken Grantham
Anthony Patricola -
Robert David Hall
Steven Keller -
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Tim Hopper
Howie -
Lickettes
Band at Rosatti's -
Joan McMurtrey
Ann -
Elizabeth Monti
Clerk -
Hajna O. Moss
Laura Hollbrook -
Wood Moy
Mr. Minh -
Carolyn Reynolds Najera
Receptionist -
Anne Ramsay
Deborah -
Renn Reynolds
Bartender at Bix -
Victor Talmadge
Bernstein -
Abigail Van Alyn
Judge Ormsby -
James Van Harper
Janitor -
Richard Zitrin
Prosecutor -
Matt Clark
Judge Symes -
Carolyn Shelby
Woman Lawyer -
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All Critics (28) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (6) | DVD (2)
Apted gives this smarter-than-average script a slick look and expertly develops suspense.
Top CriticIt is the fierce accord between Mastrantonio and Hackman that distinguishes the movie.
What I liked best was the way the whole legal case and all of its twists and turns were used to force the Hackman and Mastrantonio characters into learning things about themselves.
less a battle of people and corporations than a battle between a fiery daughter and smug father
How far we've come! Here, it's still the youngster -- and the woman -- who needs to be put in her place.
A two-fisted slugger, hammering across points about legal and familial ethics.
Not exactly a nail-biter, but a well-crafted courtroom thriller
Two great actors giving two great performances
Works like an above-average TV-flick ... only with better actors.
Class Action is one of the rare films that combines a truly affecting family crisis with a good potboiler.
Director Michael Apted has taken what could have been a routine courtroom drama and built instead a stunning study of familial love and misunderstanding.
Managed to take one of the most contrived plots I've ever seen and make it seem, if not original, then at least way above average.
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