Apted gives this smarter-than-average script a slick look and expertly develops suspense.
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01/01/00
Class Action (1990)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:16
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Jedediah Tucker Ward is an esteemed trial attorney who has built his reputation defending the underdog against the huge, impenetrable corporate power structure. His daughter Maggie, also a lawyer,... [More]
Starring: Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joanna Merlin
Director: Michael Apted
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Reviews for Class Action
Top CriticA two-fisted slugger, hammering across points about legal and familial ethics.
07/18/03
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.
01/01/00
Top CriticHow far we've come! Here, it's still the youngster -- and the woman -- who needs to be put in her place.
05/14/07
It is the fierce accord between Mastrantonio and Hackman that distinguishes the movie.
01/01/00
Top Criticless a battle of people and corporations than a battle between a fiery daughter and smug father
05/19/09
Class Action is one of the rare films that combines a truly affecting family crisis with a good potboiler.
01/01/00
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.
01/01/00
Director Michael Apted has taken what could have been a routine courtroom drama and built instead a stunning study of familial love and misunderstanding.
01/01/00
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06/24/06
Top CriticNot exactly a nail-biter, but a well-crafted courtroom thriller
06/12/03
Works like an above-average TV-flick ... only with better actors.
07/27/02
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10/09/03
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11/19/04
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