Two-and-a-half hour movies -- jeez, there ought to be a law.
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01/01/00
The Firm (1993)
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Reviews Counted:50
Fresh:38
Rotten:12
Average Rating:6.2/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 34 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Sydney Pollack directs Tom Cruise in this fast-paced legal thriller based on John Grisham's best-selling novel. Lured by extraordinary financial perks, Mitch McDeere, a young and hungry Harvard Law... [More]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter
Director: Sydney Pollack
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Reviews for The Firm
Very little of what made the written version so enjoyable has been successfully translated to the screen, and what we're left with instead is an overly-long (two hours and thirty-four minutes, to be exact), pedantic thriller.
01/01/00
Top CriticCruise was born to play company man, and the role is an opportunity to sum up his old roles and transcend them with his most potently emotional work.
01/01/00
Top CriticA first-class thriller and thought-provoking morality play.
07/12/03
The Firm is never boring (even at almost 2 hours and 40 minutes) but it never really sparkles either.
01/01/00
The movie is extremely long (two hours and 34 minutes) and so slow that by the end you feel as if you've been standing up even if you've been sitting down.
05/20/03
Top CriticA taut, suspenseful thriller (more suspenseful than most) with smart characters and great performances, and it stands as the best of Grisham's tales.
07/25/01
Tom Cruise heads a tony cast in a best-seller movie that is firm at the start and infirm by the end.
05/26/08
Top CriticWith a screenplay that developed the story more clearly, this might have been a superior movie, instead of just a good one with some fine performances.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe Firm amusingly satirizes the New Traditionalist aspirations of today's young urban elite -- not so much the lifestyle itself as the illusion of utter security it represents.
05/26/08
Top CriticAdorning the film, in supporting roles, are its saving graces.
01/26/06
Pollack makes a solid job of it, as does Cruise. But solid isn't enough when it comes to thrillers -- or courtroom dramas, for that matter. Solid is great when it comes to office furniture.
01/01/00
Top CriticA thriller that does not cover tremendously new territory, nor does it have a lot of substance, but it is well made and exciting.
01/01/00
This legal thriller is smartly directed and well scripted (by some of Hollywood's top writers), but, alas, Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise, playing yet another variation of his screen image.
07/15/06
A smooth adaptation of John Grisham's giant bestseller that is destined to be one of the summer's strong audience pleasers.
05/26/08
Top CriticAn average movie improved by Cruise's star appeal and accomplished supporting cast.
01/01/00
An all-star cast otherwise makes up for a largely uninspired, overly complex, and far too long movie that nonetheless maintains audience interest.
01/01/00
Only if you have NOT read the book, would I recommend the movie; otherwise, I would say skip it.
01/01/00
Tom Cruise legal thriller is great entertainment; case closed.
11/07/02
It is non-threatening fun, and it is a much better crafted film than what passes for Academy Award Best Picture nomination material these days.
03/23/03
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July 21, 2005:
Trailer Bulletin: Two for the Money
Imagine "The Firm," only with elite sports bookies instead of deceptive lawyers, and you'll probably get something like "Two for the Money," and you can see... More...
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