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The Pelican Brief
In an exciting story about a young law student talking about judicial law relating to the assassination of two Supreme Court judges, making her a target of criminal killers. The girl knows how accurate her accusations are when a horrific killing of her lover and mentor takes place. The girl was forced to go to New Orleans to escape the pursuits, helped by a journalist to resolve a conspiracy involving large government and judicial figures.
27 July 1931, Danville, Illinois, USA
11 November 1960, Peekskill, New York, USA
25 August 1944, New Rochelle, New York, USA
19 October 1945, Rochester, New York, USA
30 July 1947, Orange, Connecticut, USA
23 October 1939, Billings, Montana, USA
8 December 1970
5 November 1934, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
18 July 1911, London, Ontario, Canada
6 November 1952, Reno, Nevada, USA
7 March 1945, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
9 April 1966, New York City, New York, USA
January 02, 2011
Talky political thriller won't engage kids.
March 30, 2009
A shallow bore.
March 07, 2017
A juicy conspiracy theory thriller.
January 14, 2010
If I would still call it one of Pakula's very best films since the end of the 1970s, that says far more about the decline of his career than anything else.
May 20, 2003
As the film piles on shovelfuls of further exposition, Mr. Washington and Ms. Roberts are left to look terrific and recite perfunctory lines.
June 18, 2011
A routine thriller, curiosuly disappointing from Alan Pakula that even stars like Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts can't rescue
March 30, 2009
It's too bad that Pakula allows this 1993 movie to dawdle after its climax, but prior to that he's adept at suggesting unseen menace and keeping things in motion.
January 01, 2000
An unnecessarily-long thriller that contains far more talking than action.
January 01, 2000
A clever device to take your mind off your problems for 141 minutes.
February 09, 2006
An old hand at this sort of thing, Pakula goes through the motions, but not much more.
November 05, 2008
Pakula has improved on Grisham's book by excising much of the detritus, crafting a taut, intelligent thriller that succeeds on almost every level.
