The Client (DVD)

This 1994 John Grisham adaptation has an all-star cast. Grisham novels are up there with my favourite books, and I thought this adaptation did the book justice. The Plot A young boy, Mark Sway, inadvertently witnesses the suicide of a mob boss. He turns to a lawyer, Reggie Love, to protect him so he does not have to be a witness for the District Attorney, a man who wants to mob so badly he will put anyone in danger to get them. Tensions run high as the mob and the courts have a tussle with Mark in the middle. The Cast and Performances Reggie Love is played by Susan Sarandon. She gives a 'Southern Belle' performance as a raw and ...

I'm not a fan of John Grisham novels, I've read a few until I realised they were pretty much the same thing rehashed over and over, but sadly, or not depending upon your viewpoint, they do translate very easily into everything Hollywood requires from it's legal thrillers - lots of action, not much in the way of originality and the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner. They also seem to attract some of Hollywood's finest and with Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon taking up the lead adult roles here and Joel Schumacher(OK, 'finest' is a little tenuous there, but he does a few good ones!) planting himself in the director's chair, ...

I have just given up my virginity......my John Grisham virginity that is. I have fought against his work as I could not see any reasons why I would like it, after my wife filled me in on the various repetitive plots as she read each new book. Then last week I could not sleep and whilst channel hopping saw that this film was about to start, and as there was nothing else I fancied, I decided to watch it and see what all the fuss was about. I was pleased to see that it was not an unknown cast, with Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones taking centre stage, led by Joel Schumacher, who has directed a couple of films I have enjoyed. I hated to admit it but it was all ...