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Class Action
Jed Ward is an attorney who specializes in whistle blower, David vs. Goliath, type cases. He finds a client who is suing an auto company over a safety problem that has had a severe effect on his life after the accident. He must replace the current attorney and be ready for trial quickly, and then he finds that the defense attorney will be his estranged daughter.
11 September 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA
9 November 1947, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
10 April 1966, Alameda, California, USA
26 December 1930, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
15 July 1931, Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 December 1945, Los Angeles, California, USA
30 August 1958, Homewood, Illinois, USA
25 February 1949, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
January 01, 2000
Class Action is one of the rare films that combines a truly affecting family crisis with a good potboiler.
July 18, 2003
A two-fisted slugger, hammering across points about legal and familial ethics.
May 19, 2009
less a battle of people and corporations than a battle between a fiery daughter and smug father
January 01, 2000
Director Michael Apted has taken what could have been a routine courtroom drama and built instead a stunning study of familial love and misunderstanding.
July 27, 2002
Works like an above-average TV-flick ... only with better actors.
April 27, 2003
Two great actors giving two great performances
January 01, 2000
Apted gives this smarter-than-average script a slick look and expertly develops suspense.
January 01, 2000
Managed to take one of the most contrived plots I've ever seen and make it seem, if not original, then at least way above average.
January 01, 2000
What I liked best was the way the whole legal case and all of its twists and turns were used to force the Hackman and Mastrantonio characters into learning things about themselves.
May 14, 2007
How far we've come! Here, it's still the youngster -- and the woman -- who needs to be put in her place.
January 01, 2000
It is the fierce accord between Mastrantonio and Hackman that distinguishes the movie.
June 12, 2003
Not exactly a nail-biter, but a well-crafted courtroom thriller