Another John Grisham book forms the basis for another decent (if not dazzling) courtroom drama.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 4, 2020

It's [John] Grisham at his finest. Spellbinding. Riveting. Intriguing. Hackman, Hoffman, Cusack and Davison. Put me in that courtroom now.

| Nov 9, 2019

A lovely little dash of Hollywood hokum.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 16, 2019

Director Gary Fleder's brisk, assured pacing also makes the implausibilities go down easier.

| Nov 12, 2018

Legal thriller isn't aimed at kids.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 28, 2010

One of the most engrossing underrated legal thrillers in years...

| Apr 29, 2009

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 1, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 5, 2005

...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.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Jan 29, 2005

The film's action is limited to repeatedly ransacking Cusack's apartment, and the plot is rife with Big-Brother-is-watching paranoia.

Full Review | Original Score: D | Oct 16, 2004

| Original Score: 6/10 | Oct 7, 2004

The best Grisham adaptation yet, this one is definitely worth a look.

Full Review | Original Score: 78/100 | Jul 20, 2004

A guilty pleasure for some, a waste of time for most.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 13, 2004

...the first adaptation of a John Grisham novel whose premise and doings I found didn't ring true for a second. Yet I enjoyed the film from beginning to end. Go figure.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 6, 2004

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 2, 2004

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 23, 2004

Nothing is quite what it seems and the twists of the plot are played out in some style by director Gary Fleder, who delivers some flashy montage sequences and avoids most of the usual clichs of New Orleans location shooting.

| Jan 17, 2004

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 13, 2004

'Buen thriller con una que otra vuelta de tornillo que seguramente dejar satisfecho a la mayora'

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 9, 2004

Lo que tambalea un poco es el final, porque como suele pasar en el cine de Hollywood las cosas se resuelven ms fcilmente de lo que la verosimilitud indicara...

| Jan 8, 2004