The Rainmaker (1997)


The Rainmaker
6.8 Listal rating
6.9 IMDB rating
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Starring (View all)
Matt Damon

Matt Damon

Rudy Baylor
Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

Deck Shifflet
Claire Danes

Claire Danes

Kelly Riker
Jon Voight

Jon Voight

Leo F. Drummond
Mary Kay Place

Mary Kay Place

Dot Black
Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell

Judge Harvey Hale
Teresa Wright

Teresa Wright

Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
Virginia Madsen

Virginia Madsen

Jackie Lemancyzk


Written by (View all)
John Grisham

John Grisham

(novel)
Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

(screenplay)


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Rudy Baylor is a jobless young attorney. However, he is also the only hope of an elderly couple whose insurance company will not pay for an operation that could save their son's life. In this judicial drama, Rudy learns to hate corporate America as he falls in love with a battered young married woman. Will he be up to the task?
Release date : 21 November 1997
UPC: 097363350378
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"This is a very well made and smart courtroom drama with tense sequences and some inspired twists and turns."


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"21.6. Small family from Memphis vs. the evil corporation. Sounds good to me. Unluckily Grisham's source novel is anything but intelligent take on the subject. Very simplistic take on greed and profit. Also the sub-plot about Matt Damon falling in love to the Claire Danes charachter and the issues about domestic violence are dreadful. But I still like this movie. Actors are good, some scenes are really captivating and moving. Sentimental crowdpleaser with good elements in it. I'd check this out"


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