Rotten
Tom Cruise heads a tony cast in a best-seller movie that is firm at the start and infirm by the end.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
The Firm
Power can be murder to resist.
1993 · 2h 34m · R
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Sydney Pollack
Overview
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
Director and cast
- Sydney Pollack Director
- Tom Cruise as Mitch McDeere
- Jeanne Tripplehorn as Abby McDeere
- Gene Hackman as Avery Tolar
- Hal Holbrook as Oliver Lambert
- Terry Kinney as Lamar Quinn
- Wilford Brimley as William Devasher
- Ed Harris as Wayne Tarrance
- Holly Hunter as Tammy Hemphill
- David Strathairn as Ray McDeere
- Gary Busey as Eddie Lomax
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The Firm amusingly satirizes the New Traditionalist aspirations of today's young urban elite -- not so much the lifestyle itself as the illusion of utter security it represents.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
A smooth adaptation of John Grisham's giant bestseller that is destined to be one of the summer's strong audience pleasers.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Fresh
Adorning the film, in supporting roles, are its saving graces.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Rotten
The movie is extremely long (two hours and 34 minutes) and so slow that by the end you feel as if you've been standing up even if you've been sitting down.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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