The Client
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, who sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, hires an attorney to protect him when the district attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.
25 August 1944, New Rochelle, New York, USA
21 February 1958, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
8 April 1952, San Antonio, Texas, USA
10 January 1944, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
11 December 1961, Kingsville, Texas, USA
14 June 1954, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
29 October 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 January 1958, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
1933, Wichita, Kansas, USA
July 19, 2003
A lively screen translation of another legal drama by John Grisham
February 19, 2003
Pretty decent John Grisham adaptation
February 10, 2003
Grisham's best novel-to-screen adaptation.
June 14, 2004
An engrossing potboiler ... if you don't think too hard. But when you need a pot-smoking Lez Zeppelin-enslaved swamp rat-with-a-brain to plead your case, you call the pitch-perfect Susan Sarandon.
January 01, 2000
Not as satisfying as it should be.
June 15, 2005
Susan Sarandon, the emotional center of the narrative, received a well-deserved Oscar nomination for playing a recovered alcoholic laywer who interacts with the boy as a surrogate mother and a pro.
January 01, 2000
This isn't a masterpiece of suspense, but it has its moments and is capable of providing some light summer entertainment.
May 12, 2001
A high-voltage charge of suspense, action and humor.
September 26, 2003
Boring cliche Grisham movie.
January 01, 2000
Mindless, non-taxing fun, especially if you haven't read the book.
January 01, 2000
It twists and turns in all the expected places, and almost never rises above the ordinary.
April 12, 2002
It's a successful frame-turner, no more, no less, and the pleasure we feel is every bit as mild and just as fleeting.
