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The Pelican Brief
The film tells the story of a young law student whose legal brief about the assassination of two Supreme Court justices causes her to be targeted by killers. She enlists the help of an investigative reporter and the two become fugitives.
16 August 1930, Oakland, California, USA
18 September 1947, Victoria County, Texas, USA
28 April 1934, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
18 July 1911, London, Ontario, Canada
13 January 1944, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
6 November 1952, Reno, Nevada, USA
20 May 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 September 1927
25 August 1944, New Rochelle, New York, USA
19 March 1964, London, England, UK
June 18, 2011
A routine thriller, curiosuly disappointing from Alan Pakula that even stars like Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts can't rescue
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.
January 01, 2000
An unnecessarily-long thriller that contains far more talking than action.
March 07, 2017
A juicy conspiracy theory thriller.
March 30, 2009
A shallow bore.
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 02, 2011
Talky political thriller won't engage kids.
January 01, 2000
A clever device to take your mind off your problems for 141 minutes.
February 09, 2006
An old hand at this sort of thing, Pakula goes through the motions, but not much more.
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.
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.