Firm but Just | The Firm | Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn

An imperfect but generally good thriller | The Firm | Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn

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	• The Firm Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn Paramount Home Video, 2000 average customer review:based on 82 reviews view larger image
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Very good

I like Tom Cruise in most of his movies, I thought this was one of his better ones. A young husband and his wife start out with a big Law Firm making major money only to find it is a very corrupt firm trying to take over every aspect of their lives, at work and in the home. I really liked his solution to the problem, not only did he get his brother out of prison, but he freed himself and his wife without giving up his whole life and career and had the FBI where he wanted them for a change instead of the other way around. And he kept all the evidence against the firms clients and them in the event he ever needed it, so boy did he have the hammer! He also got rid of two of the really bad guys. He and Abbie went on with their lives in a new place and in a new way.

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Firm but Just

Having read all of John Grishams novels and especially loving " The Firm ", I was a bit dissapointed with the standard of the movie. Acting wise Tom cruise probably played one of his better roles as Mitch Mcdeere and Gene Hackman always up to his usual greatness helped me digest a movie, which defies the novel by taking on a different ending . The novel was beautifully written and vividly described and i could not put it down. The movie on the other hand lacked action,emotion and the wonderful ending John wrote for us. The movie wasnt as bad as the book " The Street lawyer " !!! but it wasnt as great as the movie " A time to kill " ! For all those movie viewers out there that have seen the movie but havent read the book I urge you to read it soon and i guarantee that you will love it !!!

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An imperfect but generally good thriller

Tom Cruise plays another slick, humorous, all-American man and as usual is well cast. The story tells of his signing onto a law firm and finding out that it isn't all it's cracked up to be, with corruption, murders, and all the other juicy stuff thrown in. Starts off very well but is still a little too talky and overlong. The cliches are plentiful and the ending is predictable, though pretty good near two-and-a-half hours of entertainment.

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Cruise's Oscar Worthy Performance

First off, I did read the book and felt the movie's plot changes were for the worse. However, this movie on its own is an entertaining and generally good piece. What really stood out for me was Tom Cruise's performance. I have seen most of his films and I think this was by far his best showing. We all know that he can play the young, ambitious, somewhat naive type (see Top Gun, The Color of Money, A Few Good Men), which is what he basically does in the first quarter of the movie, but after he becomes suspicious of the firm and has to deal with the FBI and pulling off a way to extricate himself from this whole situation, his acting really starts to shine. The way he is able to convey fear, anxiety, confusion, etc. without much dialougue is truly remarkable. The scene in which he tells his wife that he went to see his brother in jail is a great example of what I'm talking about. I think it was a travesty that he wasn't even nominated for an Oscar for this film.

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