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‘Firm’ well-acted film
with weak plot line
I'll admit that I didn’t go to The Firm expecting to be well enter
tained John Grisham’s novels, including The Firm, have always
sounded like pulp fiction, a "good read '' I'd rather spend rnv time
on more refined pursuits, like reading pulp science fiction. Howev
er, The Firm is a sw ift, well-acted film that delivers the goods.
( anise stars in the film as Mitchell Mi Deere, who has just finished
fifth in his c lass at Harvard law school and is courted by the elite law
firms of the t ountry. However, he is given a deal that seems too good
to imi true from a Memphis law firm specializing in tax law Every
one at the firm is family, and despite ins wife's misgivings, it is a
seemingly perfec t phu e for Mc.Deere. who wants to forget the rest
of his original (amili exists
However, all is not well in the land of Elvis. The firm's tax husi
during money for mobsters in
Chicago. No lawyer has ever left
the firm alive (Apparently, these
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lers worse. M< Deere is pressured by the FBI to turn over evidence
that will prevent him from ever prni ti< ing law again
Cruise is strongly supported by a star-studded cast,
jcanne Tripplehorn. who was the brunette bisexual psycho
(maybe) killer in Basil• Instinct, plays Cruise's wife. VVilford "Oat
meal Brirnle\ is i ast as the firm's head of security; Hal Holbrook is
i harming as the firm's senior partner. (.ene Har kman play s Avery
Tolar. Cruise's mentor. David Strathairn is Cruise's older brother in
jail for manslaughter. Ed Harris is a not so smart FBI agent; Gary
Buses is a seedy detective; and Holly Hunter is his sometimes-hlond,
sometimes-led head, ditzy secretary Lesser-known actors also ex< el.
Seeing Gene llm kmnri's name appear as the opening credits rolled
made me both eager and anxious Huger her ause Hackman is a sujierb
actor who always makes a film significantly better simply by his
presence Anxious her ause he rarely appears in good movies, act
ing in such films as Superman II and So Wav Out.
(One notable exception was The Package, hut that co-starred Tom
my Lee Jones, who also r an carry a film, so that movie deserved two
stars ♦ Gene Har kman ♦ Tommy Lis- Jones = four stars.)
Instead of ex|i!aring Mr Deere's past, whir h is the ke\ to what dri
ves him in the earh jiarts of the film, the script throws out a few lines
and has Cruise wear a leather far ket at times to convince us he came
from humble beginnings. It makes Cruise's performance seem con
trived It's hard to believe Cruise ever had a pimple, let alone lived
In a trailer park.
This is an even stronger handicap for Cruise this summer, com
peting against movies starring Glint Eastwood, Harrison Ford and
Tommy Lee Jones, who are all handsome leading men. hut by no
means pretty l«i\s He's too confident for someone who is allegedly
so insecure
However. Cruise has typically lieeii more i onvincing as an actor in
situations that demand cleverness rather than emotion, and in The
Firm. Cruise is at his best when lie's working on finding a way to
save Ins skin and get his brother out of prison
The film's ending is apparently quite different from the book s It's
,m ingenious twist, but rattier improbable
The Firm is not in the same league as The Fugitive, hut strong act
ing overcomes a mediocre s< rijil to make it a worthwhile summer
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Local movie flap settled
(AP) - l.nvironinentalists
have settled their disagreement
with the 1 S Bureau of Land
Management over filming part
of a motion picture starring
Merv I Streep in a wild section of
the Rogue River
However, a dispute continues
over proposed filming of anoth
er wild so< lion of the river
administered by the 1 S Forest
Service.
Film locations include the
area of the river around
Whiskey Creek, whii ii is admin
istered bv the BI.M. and Blos
som Bar. which is under the
jurisdiction of the Forest Ser
vile
The Pacific Rivers Council
and the Oregon Natural
Kesoun es Council hud appealed
a permit granted by the BI.M
allowing Universal Pic lures to
film The lin er Wild in the wild
area,
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