A Civil Action PG-13

Justice has its price.
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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 55 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: July 13, 1999
  • Originally Released: 1998
  • Label: Walt Disney Video

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User Ratings: 21,459
Rating: 5/10 -- the film is slightly overlong and the ending is anti-cathartic.
Draxblog Movie Reviews
Feb 28, 2005
I expected a harder hitting indictment against the uncaring power of corporate America. Instead, we get a middlin' courtroom drama that lacks the intensity of such films as the 1982 Sidney Lumet/Paul Newman film, The Verdict. Full Review
Reeling Reviews
Apr 9, 2005
...The case itself remains a grabber...
USA Today
Dec 24, 1998
Rating: 3/5 -- The movie becomes one more David-and-Goliath morality play. Full Review
eFilmCritic.com
Jul 30, 2007
Rating: 2.5/5 -- As proficient a job as writer-director Steve Zaillian and his team do, A Civil Action has unmistakably unraveled by its close. Full Review
Los Angeles Times
Feb 14, 2001
...Elegantly stylized and crisply edited, the film also features a host of fine performances....[With] excellent work from composer Danny Elfman...
Box Office
Feb 1, 1999
Delivering the verdict two thirds into the movie is anti-climactic, while Schlichtmann's belated atonement feels beside the point. Full Review
Time Out
Feb 9, 2006

Product Description:

Jan Schlichtmann, a tenacious young lawyer, is confronted with the litigation of a lifetime in this unbelievable real-life story. Several families in the small town of Woburn, Massachusetts, have suffered the tragic losses of their children to the rare cancer known as leukemia. After having their claim rejected by most law firms in town, these citizens approach Schlichtmann with the possibility that the deaths of their children may have had to do with Woburn's drinking water supply being contaminated by a couple of local businesses. The rub lies in the fact that these businesses are offshoots of two of the most powerful national corporations in the country! Schlichtmann must push his skill and craftiness as a lawyer to the limit in order to oust his opponents, who are working with a limitless bankroll. Based on the great fact-based novel.

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