Runaway Jury
United States
2003
122 Min
Color
2.35:1
English, French, Italian
Synopsis
In this drama based on John Grisham’s best-selling novel, Nick Easter (John Cusack) gets himself on the jury of a landmark case against a gun manufacturer and, as the foreman, tries to influence the other jury members to vote a certain way. Meanwhile, Easter’s girlfriend, Marlee (Rachel Weisz), tries to swindle the attorneys (Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman) to pay millions of dollars to have the jury return a verdict friendly to their clients.
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Electrus Amadeus Magnus
18Aug12
great cast, great story, great movie. and a question for rachel: is she the most beautiful actress in the world? hell yes.
Heidi Anderson
13Nov11
On it's own this film is just unfortunate, but in comparison to the book it's unforgivable. The cynical, interesting characters of the book have become flat, either ridiculously heroic or villainous. Even worse the film ducks the central, controversial issue of the book.
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Uli Cain, Cinefidel¹³
1Sep12
I'm not gonna read the book, so what's the central issue that was ducked?
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Heidi Anderson
1Sep12
Smoking. The film changes the central topic to one of gun manufacture instead of cigarette manufacture. There's actually a whole discussion in the book about the difference between cigarettes and guns and why the manufacture of one makes the company liable while the manufacture of the other does not. I doubt that anyone involved in the film read the book that closely.
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A typical 1990s crime thriller, good cast but drags on a bit towards the end
By Henrik Schunk on January 17, 2012
t stars out as a promising crime thriller with a solid cast of 90ies superstars past their heyday. The first twist actually surprised me and I was impressed that the movie did not go down the road… read review
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