The Firm
THE FIRMÂ (15)
D: Sydney Pollack
Paramount/Mirage (Sydney Pollack, Scott Rudin, John
Davis & Michael Hausman)
USA 🇺🇸 1993
153 mins
Thriller
W: David Rabe, Robert Towne & David Rayfiel [based
on the novel by John Grisham]
DP: John Seale
Ed: William Steinkamp & Fredric SteinkampÂ
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Mus: Dave Grusin
Tom Cruise (Mitch McDeere), Jeanne Tripplehorn (Abby
McDeere), Gene Hackman (Avery Tolar), Hal Holbrook (Oliver Lambert), Terry Kinney (Lamar Quinn), Wilford Brimley (William Devasher), Ed Harris (Wayne Tarrance), Holly
Hunter (Tammy Hemphill), David Strathairn (Ray McDeere), Gary Busey (Eddie Lomax)
One of the better big screen adaptations of one of
John Grisham's novel stars Tom Cruise as an up-and-coming lawyer who is promoted into a big law firm and finds himself trapped between being an informant for the FBI and being a target
for the mafia who control his company.
For the most part, this is a very effective thriller,
helped by a brilliant ensemble cast with some fantastic supporting performances, notably Holly Hunter as a floozy secretary. The only disappointment comes with the Hollywood ending,
rewritten to divert from the more realistic toughness of Grisham's original book.
7/10
