Synopsis
A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.
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Cast
- Gene HackmanJedediah Tucker Ward
- Mary Elizabeth MastrantonioMaggie Ward
- Colin FrielsMichael Grazier
- Joanna MerlinEstelle Ward
- Laurence FishburneNick Holbrook
- Donald MoffatQuinn
- Jan RubešPavel
- Matt ClarkJudge Symes
- Fred ThompsonDr. Getchell
- Jonathan SilvermanBrian
Recommandations
- 100
San Francisco Chronicle
With outstanding performances by Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as the embattled father and daughter, the film is a remarkably mature treatment of conflict in a family whose members are fully involved in the problems of our times. [15 Mar 1991] - 83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
When it's good, there is no more riveting movie genre than a courtroom drama, and Class Action is one of the best in ages - perhaps since "The Verdict" in 1982. [15 Mar 1991] - 80
Los Angeles Times
Class Action s good, chewy entertainment, part courtroom pyrotechnics, part Machiavellian legal maneuvers. [15 Mar 1991] - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
The 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. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
It's an undemanding yet bright delight. [16 Mar 1991] - 67
Austin Chronicle
Director 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. - 60
The New York Times
Class Action won't put you to sleep. Yet it vanishes from the memory as fast as anything dreamed in the conventional manner. - 50
Baltimore Sun
The political correctness of Class Action verwhelms its sense of life. It turns into just another movie. [15 Mar 1991]
