
Jed Ward is an attorney who specializes in whistle blower, David vs. Goliath, type cases. He finds a client who is suing an auto company over a safety problem that has had a severe effect on his life after the accident. He must replace the current attorney and be ready for trial quickly, and then he finds that the defense attorney will be his estranged daughter.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jed Ward is an attorney who specializes in whistle blower, David vs. Goliath, type cases. He finds a client who is suing an auto company over a safety problem that has had a severe effect on his life after the accident. He must replace the current attorney and be ready for trial quickly, and then he finds that the defense attorney will be his estranged daughter.
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| San Francisco ChronicleJudy StoneGrounded in a good cause but never puffed up or preachy, the father-daughter drama transcends the issues. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottWinning performances by Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and potent direction by Michael Apted pump life into the sturdy courtroom drama formula once again. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe screenplay by Carolyn Shelby, Christopher Ames and Samantha Shad contains dialogue scenes so well-heard and written it's hard to believe this is a Hollywood movie, with Hollywood's tendency to have characters underline every emotion so the audience won't have to listen so carefully. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonApted gives this smarter-than-average script a slick look and expertly develops suspense. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovDirector Apted has somehow managed to take one of the most contrived plots I've ever seen and make it seem, if not original, then at least way above average. |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyClass Action won't put you to sleep. Yet it vanishes from the memory as fast as anything dreamed in the conventional manner. |
| Baltimore SunStephen HunterGene Hackman is excellent when he isn't overdoing his patented nice-guy routine. |
| EmpireKim NewmanClass Action, which becomes unbearable whenever the lead characters talk about their relationship, has precisely two and a half things going for it, the half being Mastrantonio's Italian grin. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThe liberal pieties underlying the script become so simplistic and predominant that they ultimately deprive the characters and the story of the density and edge they might have had. |
| User ReviewmarcmyworksBesides the predictable dialogue and very lazy story telling Gene Hackman does his best at being a driven attorney trying to do right by his clients, regardless that his career driven daughter is working against him in court. Its a one time watch. |