Rotten
Conscientiously as this movie has been made, it does not work as well as the novel did or as some of Pakula's other films have.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Presumed Innocent
Some people would kill for love.
1990 · 2h 7m · R
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Alan J. Pakula
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Presumed Innocent
Overview
Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.
Director and cast
- Alan J. Pakula Director
- Harrison Ford as Rusty Sabich
- Brian Dennehy as Raymond Horgan
- Raúl Juliá as Sandy Stern
- Bonnie Bedelia as Barbara Sabich
- Paul Winfield as Judge Larren Lyttle
- Greta Scacchi as Carolyn Polhemus
- John Spencer as Detective Dan Lipranzer
- Joe Grifasi as Tommy Molto
- Tom Mardirosian as Nico Della Guardia
- Anna Maria Horsford as Eugenia
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Pakula and the cast are excellent in the cut and thrust debates and the grilling of witnesses. At least on the surface, Presumed Innocent unfolds in the grand tradition of great courtroom drama. But nothing in Presumed Innocent is what it seems.
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
Presumed Innocent is a stylish, dark-toned movie with handsome photography (by Gordon Willis) and solid performances.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
A ponderous adaptation of Scott Turow's cunningly plotted mystery novel.
Terrence Rafferty, New Yorker
Fresh
Intelligent, complex and enthralling.
Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
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