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The Pelican Brief
A series of stalks following a young law student talking about judicial law relating to the assassination of two Supreme Court justices. This student will be an easy target by criminal killers. The girl draws many charges and then realizes the accuracy of her accusations when a terrible killing is done to her lover and guide. The girl is escaping to New Orleans because of the many chases, and there she will meet a young journalist who will help her resolve a conspiracy involving large government and judicial figures in the state.
26 June 1968, Savannah, Georgia, USA
25 August 1944, New Rochelle, New York, USA
30 September 1952, New York City, New York, USA
27 July 1943, Buffalo, New York, USA
5 March 1934, Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
March 30, 2009
A shallow bore.
January 02, 2011
Talky political thriller won't engage kids.
June 18, 2011
A routine thriller, curiosuly disappointing from Alan Pakula that even stars like Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts can't rescue
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 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.
February 09, 2006
An old hand at this sort of thing, Pakula goes through the motions, but not much more.
January 01, 2000
An unnecessarily-long thriller that contains far more talking than action.
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.
March 07, 2017
A juicy conspiracy theory thriller.