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Legal Eagles (1986)

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Ivan Reitman directed this film, starring Robert Redford, Debra Winger, and Daryl Hannah, that is an amalgam of a thriller, courtroom drama, mystery and Tracy-Hepburn romantic comedy, with a little Mark Rothko-type scandal thrown in. The film revolves around troubled Chelsea Deardon (Daryl Hannah) who as an eight-year-old girl witnessed her father, a famous artist, perishing in a blaze along with his valuable art works. Twenty years later, Chelsea is arrested for stealing one of her father's

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Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

Jim Cash, Jack Epps

Jul 29, 1998

MCA Universal Home Video

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Legal Eagles primarily comes off as a lazy and fairly pointless vanity project that squanders the talents of everyone involved.

May 2, 2012 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
Reel Film Reviews

Further proof that postGhostbusters Ivan Reitman is pretty much crap

October 28, 2005
Film Threat

So-so star vehicle. Harmless.

October 16, 2002
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Top Stars, Top Music, Top Fun.

September 18, 2002
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Robert Redford looks out of place in this legal thriller played for laughs that feels like a glib, vacuous 80s TV show pilot.
March 9, 2007
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Clever and jokey tale of a DA and lawyer teaming up to get performance artist off a murder rap. Redford, Winger and Hannah are great performance as a team.
October 8, 2006
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