Fresh
[An] extremely well-made message picture about tolerance, justice and discrimination is pitched at mainstream audiences, befitting its position as the first major Hollywood film to directly tackle the disease.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Philadelphia
No one would take on his case... until one man was willing to take on the system.
1993 · 2h 6m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
Jonathan Demme
Overview
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
Director and cast
- Jonathan Demme Director
- Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett
- Denzel Washington as Joe Mille
- Jason Robards as Charles Wheeler
- Mary Steenburgen as Belinda Conine
- Antonio Banderas as Miguel Alvarez
- Ron Vawter as Bob Seidman
- Robert Ridgely as Walter Kenton
- Charles Napier as Judge Garnett
- Lisa Summerour as Lisa Miller
- Obba Babatundé Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Safe and apolitical it may be, but Philadelphia succeeds as a deeply affecting humanist drama.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
"Philadelphia" mostly succeeds in being forceful, impassioned and moving, sometimes even rising to the full range of emotion that its subject warrants. But too often, even at its most assertive, it works in safely predictable ways.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
It's less like a film by Demme than the best of Frank Capra. It is not just canny, corny and blatantly patriotic, but compassionate, compelling and emotionally devastating.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Fresh
The story is timely and powerful, and the performances of Hanks and Washington assure that the characters will not immediately vanish into obscurity.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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