Cruise’s toothy heroics are ill-suited to moral complexity, but he is elevated by a stellar supporting cast...

| Nov 15, 2022

A summer genre movie for grown-ups, The Firm helps restore faith in Hollywood professionalism.

| May 15, 2018

Tom Cruise heads a tony cast in a best-seller movie that is firm at the start and infirm by the end.

| May 26, 2008

The Firm amusingly satirizes the New Traditionalist aspirations of today's young urban elite -- not so much the lifestyle itself as the illusion of utter security it represents.

| Original Score: B | May 26, 2008

A smooth adaptation of John Grisham's giant bestseller that is destined to be one of the summer's strong audience pleasers.

Full Review | May 26, 2008

Adorning the film, in supporting roles, are its saving graces.

| Jan 26, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 2, 2004

The movie is extremely long (two hours and 34 minutes) and so slow that by the end you feel as if you've been standing up even if you've been sitting down.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 20, 2003

The book moved at turbo speed. At two and a half hours, the movie crawls.

Full Review | May 12, 2001

Two-and-a-half hour movies -- jeez, there ought to be a law.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

With a screenplay that developed the story more clearly, this might have been a superior movie, instead of just a good one with some fine performances.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

An average movie improved by Cruise's star appeal and accomplished supporting cast.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Pollack makes a solid job of it, as does Cruise. But solid isn't enough when it comes to thrillers -- or courtroom dramas, for that matter. Solid is great when it comes to office furniture.

| Jan 1, 2000

Cruise was born to play company man, and the role is an opportunity to sum up his old roles and transcend them with his most potently emotional work.

| Jan 1, 2000