Sunday 4 November 2018

Review: The Rainmaker


The stakes in this feel lower than some of the other Grisham adaptations. But that's resulted in a more nuanced (although still occasionally implausible) film.

Damon's earnest newbie lawyer is perfectly balanced by DeVito's rather more cynical hack.  Voight makes for a good adversary.

Unusually, for these movies it finds time to weave in at least one secondary narrative.

Having watched a run of these long courtroom dramas now, I'm struck by Grisham's confidence in ordinary people doing the right thing.

Verdict: One of the more intelligent adaptations. 


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