I like justice dramas, though this movie fits only partly into that genre, as the most acting happens outside the courtroom. The plot is good, although the story of corrupt politicians and businessmen manipulating the judicial system is not that new.
The progress of the story is sometimes tedious. The fling between the lawyer and the defendants wife is unnecessary/incomprehensible; typical Hollywood trash.
Ben Kingsley and Amy Irving did a great job. Alec Baldwin is less an actor than a good looking man, taking care that his handsome face and his full black hair are permanently in the picture; there would be better casts for the role of the slimy lawyer who discovers his conscience.
All together the film is well entertaining.
The progress of the story is sometimes tedious. The fling between the lawyer and the defendants wife is unnecessary/incomprehensible; typical Hollywood trash.
Ben Kingsley and Amy Irving did a great job. Alec Baldwin is less an actor than a good looking man, taking care that his handsome face and his full black hair are permanently in the picture; there would be better casts for the role of the slimy lawyer who discovers his conscience.
All together the film is well entertaining.