The Pelican Brief
In a controversial case, a young girl and a university student are talking about judicial law relating to the assassination of two Supreme Court justices in mysterious circumstances, which will make it a target for the killers. When the girl charges, she knows how accurate her charges are when her lover is killed. The girl escapes to New Orleans, where she might meet a journalist who decided to help her solve a big and dangerous plot involving large government and judicial figures in the state. This may reveal many secrets and issues.
30 July 1947, Orange, Connecticut, USA
9 April 1966, New York City, New York, USA
8 December 1953, Long Island, New York, USA
11 November 1960, Peekskill, New York, USA
18 September 1947, Victoria County, Texas, USA
20 January 1966, Mobile, Alabama, USA
March 07, 2017
A juicy conspiracy theory thriller.
January 02, 2011
Talky political thriller won't engage kids.
February 09, 2006
An old hand at this sort of thing, Pakula goes through the motions, but not much more.
March 30, 2009
A shallow bore.
January 01, 2000
An unnecessarily-long thriller that contains far more talking than action.
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.
January 01, 2000
A clever device to take your mind off your problems for 141 minutes.
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 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.
