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The Client (1994)

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Reviews Counted: 34

Fresh: 26

Rotten:8

Average Rating: 6.1/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: In this taut legal drama a trailer-park kid witnesses the suicide of a mob lawyer and is pursued by authorities trying to find out if he knows anything. In an attempt to protect himself, the... In this taut legal drama a trailer-park kid witnesses the suicide of a mob lawyer and is pursued by authorities trying to find out if he knows anything. In an attempt to protect himself, the 11-year-old hires a feisty female attorney who takes up his case and develops a bond with him. Based on the novel by John Grisham. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actress--Susan Sarandon. [More]

Starring: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony LaPaglia

Starring: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony LaPaglia, Anthony Edwards, Ossie Davis, Brad Renfro, J.T. Walsh, Will Patton, Bradley Whitford, Anthony Heald, Kim Coates, Kimberly Scott, William H. Macy, Micole Mercurio, William Sanderson, Walter Olkewicz, Amy Hathaway, William Richert, Dan Castellaneta

Director: Joel Schumacher

Director: Joel Schumacher
Story: John Grisham
Screenwriter: Akiva Goldsman

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Dec 23, 1997

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Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

An engrossing potboiler ... if you don't think too hard. But when you need a pot-smoking Lez Zeppelin-enslaved swamp rat-with-a-brain to plead your case, you call the pitch-perfect Susan Sarandon.

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Greg Maki
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Boring cliche Grisham movie.

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

A lively screen translation of another legal drama by John Grisham

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