Pakula's always had a cool style, tending toward solemnity, but let's face it, All the President's Men this movie is not. You wish he'd have a little more fun with the pulpy material.

| May 3, 2018

It's too bad that Pakula allows this 1993 movie to dawdle after its climax, but prior to that he's adept at suggesting unseen menace and keeping things in motion.

| Mar 30, 2009

Pakula has improved on Grisham's book by excising much of the detritus, crafting a taut, intelligent thriller that succeeds on almost every level.

Full Review | Nov 5, 2008

An old hand at this sort of thing, Pakula goes through the motions, but not much more.

| Feb 9, 2006

As the film piles on shovelfuls of further exposition, Mr. Washington and Ms. Roberts are left to look terrific and recite perfunctory lines.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 20, 2003

A clever device to take your mind off your problems for 141 minutes.

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

A brightly wrapped, ketchup-drenched mush-burger, it slides down the Zeitgeist esophagus like a slippery McPelican. You pay, you swallow, you drive home. You're left with nothing except, possibly, heartburn.

| Jan 1, 2000

Grisham's novel was no landmark of literary originality to begin with, but Pakula streamlines the story into a corner, and then lets it run 30 minutes longer than necessary.

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

| Original Score: C- | Dec 17, 1993