An average movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. The main thing that attracted me with this movie was the fact that, even though Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman had been friends for decades (they even lived together with Robert Duvall when they were all young struggling actors), it was the first time they were actually working together. Well, only for this reason, this flick was worth a look but the rest of the cast was really nice as well (John Cusack, Rachel Weisz, Jeremy Piven, Bruce McGill, Dylan McDermott, Jennifer Beals, Orlando Jones, Luis Guzmán). Still, I wasn’t really blown away by the whole thing though. I mean, basically, it was a decent John Grisham trial thriller and it was entertaining enough but, dear, it was also terribly preposterous. I mean, wouldn’t be nice if the guy would write a more realistic court drama or thriller for a change? The whole thing was so remote from our world that it made it rather difficult for me to take it seriously or to even care about what was actually going on. I mean, to show how a big lawyer firm would try to manipulate a jury was actually really interesting and probably not so far from the truth but the whole plan cooked up by John Cusack’s and Rachel Weisz’s characters was just too much and even borderline ridiculous though. Still, the actors involved were good, the directing was decent and, I have to admit that I was actually fairly entertained. Anyway, to conclude, even though I’m not a huge fan of this kind of thrillers, this one was not bad and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.


6/10