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03/27/09
The Client (1994)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:27
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.1/10
Synopsis: In this taut legal drama a trailer-park kid witnesses the suicide of a mob lawyer and is pursued by authorities trying to find out if he knows anything. In an attempt to protect himself, the... [More]
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony LaPaglia
Director: Joel Schumacher
Reviews for The Client
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08/16/07
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01/11/07
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07/29/06
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02/09/06
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11/18/05
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09/21/05
Susan Sarandon, the emotional center of the narrative, received a well-deserved Oscar nomination for playing a recovered alcoholic laywer who interacts with the boy as a surrogate mother and a pro.
06/15/05
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11/04/04
An engrossing potboiler ... if you don't think too hard. But when you need a pot-smoking Lez Zeppelin-enslaved swamp rat-with-a-brain to plead your case, you call the pitch-perfect Susan Sarandon.
06/14/04
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06/13/04
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05/12/04
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03/19/04
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01/08/04
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08/22/03
A lively screen translation of another legal drama by John Grisham
07/19/03
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05/20/03
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05/20/03
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03/23/03
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