Class Action (1991)
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Duration: 110 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Michael Apted
Stars: Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Colin Friels
IMDb score:
6,4 (8.954)
Releasedate: 15 March 1991
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Class Action plot
"A father and a daughter, divided by a case, endangered by the truth."
Jed Ward is the prosecution's attorney. Jed's daughter is the lawyer for the defendant, a suspected negligent car manufacturer. Their battle in court is fierce. Jed, a cunning fox, knows how to bend the law to his will in the right way. Maggie is a young professional who fights at the cutting edge. Winning this case will give her more prestige, though she realizes it could also mean the end of family ties.
Actors and actresses
Jedediah Tucker Ward
Maggie Ward
Michael Grazier
Estelle Ward
Nick Holbrook
Quinn
Pavel
Judge Symes
Dr. Getchell
Brian
Reviews & comments
scorsese
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- 13239 messages
- 11129 votes
Good film in which a father and daughter, both lawyers, face each other in the courtroom. The father-daughter relationship is fairly well developed, but also somewhat predictable. An entertaining plot about the lawsuit that nicely addresses some ethical questions. Mainly for that reason a small 3.5 stars.
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Filmkriebel
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- 10013 messages
- 4679 votes
Well put together; the legal case against a car manufacturer in which father and daughter (who have an understated family relationship with each other) are pitted against each other bodes well. However, I sometimes found Hackman and Mastrantonio to be like two elephants in a china shop with their overacting. It made me nervous myself. The lawsuit regarding the exploding cars and the missing reportwas quite entertaining and exposes abuses in the legal profession.
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blurp194
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- 5543 messages
- 4226 votes
Disappointing.
Hackman and Mastrantonio play quite well, that is not the problem. That is the story, which is far too drawn-out and far-fetched in its execution - what should have been a very simple story of good or evil, success or family is all drawn out far too far. Had the film sought the conceptual simplicity of a western, it might have become a masterpiece, but with this mess it is mainly a failure. A miss from Apted, right after the success of his masterful Gorillas in the Mist.
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