Runaway Jury (2003)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 155
Fresh: 112 | Rotten: 43
An implausible but entertaining legal thriller.
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 11
An implausible but entertaining legal thriller.
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Three people attempt to bend justice for their own purposes in this drama based on the best-selling novel by John Grisham. After a man dies in a shooting incident, his wife files a lawsuit against the company that manufactured the gun, with her lawyer, Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman), arguing that the firm in question knew the shop which sold the weapon was not following federal regulations pertaining to the sale of firearms. As the case goes to trial, the firearm manufacturer is taking no chances
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Cast
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John Cusack
Nick Easter -
Gene Hackman
Rankin Fitch -
Dustin Hoffman
Wendell Rohr -
Rachel Weisz
Marlee -
Bruce Davison
Durwood Cable -
Bruce McGill
Judge Harkin -
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Jeremy Piven
Lawrence Green -
Nick Searcy
Doyle -
Stanley Anderson
Henry Jankle -
Cliff Curtis
Frank Herrera -
Nestor Serrano
Janovich -
Leland Orser
Lamb -
Jennifer Beals
Vanessa Lembeck -
Gerry Bamman
Herman Grimes -
Joanna Going
Celeste Wood -
Bill Nunn
Lonnie Shaver -
Juanita Jennings
Loreen Duke -
Marguerite Moreau
Amanda Monroe -
Nora Dunn
Stella Hulic -
Guy Torry
Eddie Weese -
Rusty Schwimmer
Millie Dupree -
Rhoda Griffis
Rikki Coleman -
Gary Grubbs
Dobbs -
Dave Jensen
Shamburg -
Mark Jeffrey Miller
Vaughn -
Luis Guzman
Jerry Fernandez -
Lori Heuring
Maxine -
Carol Sutton
Lou Dell -
Stuart Greer
Kincaid -
Orlando Jones
Jerome -
Jason Davis
Phillip Savelle -
Michael Arata
Raines -
Irene Ziegler
Peggy Grimes -
Stephen Milton
Darren -
Deacon Dawson
Hoppy Dupree -
Corri English
Lydia Deets -
Wayne Ferrara
Special Agent Novecki -
Douglas M. Griffin
Terry Docken -
Fahnlohnee R. Harris
Sylvia Deshazo
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All Critics (167) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (120) | Rotten (45) | DVD (41)
[T]his film ranks just below The Firm and The Client on the list of John Grisham-inspired thrillers, thumbs up.
A lot of famous faces populate the courtroom in this overplotted and farfetched tale of jury-tampering, but they and the horse they rode in on are all so mired in illogical, head-scratching incoherence, they need lawyers of their own.
In spite of its cheesy plot twists, thoroughly second-rate direction, and criminally wasted ensemble, Runaway Jury adds up to a nice little gotcha! courtroom melodrama.
Fleder's direction confirms the impression left by his previous films, Don't Say a Word and Kiss the Girls among them, that he's a hack.
A taut, escapist legal thriller.
Efficient, precise, carefully calibrated and terrifically entertaining.
Legal thriller isn't aimed at kids.
The kind of bracing psychological thriller that makes a case for the battle of ideas being every bit as thrilling as a great fight scene.
...the best cinematic rendering of a Grisham novel ever, which is either saying a quite lot or very little at all, depending upon your view of things Grisham.
Long after the more critically acclaimed dramas of 2003 are stuffed in a drawer and forgotten, it will still be delighting viewers in search of decent entertainment.
The film's action is limited to repeatedly ransacking Cusack's apartment, and the plot is rife with Big-Brother-is-watching paranoia.
A frankly brilliant interpretation of a terrific story.
fast-paced and entertaining, but it doesn't have the sustained sense of menace of The Firm or the character development of The Pelican Brief
The best Grisham adaptation yet, this one is definitely worth a look.
Audience Reviews for Runaway Jury
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- Rankin Fitch: Trials are too important to be left up to juries.
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- Rankin Fitch: Everybody loses, just not me.
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- Rankin Fitch: What do you hope to achieve if you win? You gonna bring Jacob Wood back to life? No. You just ensure that his wife goes to the cemetery in a better car, and that the heel that she snaps on the way to the graveside belongs to a $1,200 shoe. You get your name in the paper. But Jacob Wood and all the other gun violence victims remain rotting in their crypts.
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- Rankin Fitch: Everybody has a secret they don't want you to find.
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- Doyle: It's a set-up.
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- Marlee: Anybody can be gotten to.
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