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The Pelican Brief
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller - 1993
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Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
Director:
,
Alan J. Pakula
Cast:
,
Julia Roberts
,
Tony Goldwyn
,
Denzel Washington
,
William Atherton
,
Sam Shepard
,
John Heard
,
John Lithgow
,
James B. Sikking
,
Robert Culp
,
Tom Quinn

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Details

Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
141 min
Release date:
17 Sep 1993
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$45,000,000
Revenue:
$195,268,056
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
A brightly wrapped, ketchup-drenched mush-burger, it slides down the Zeitgeist esophagus like a slippery McPelican. You pay, you swallow, you drive home. You're left with nothing except, possibly, heartburn.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
As the film piles on shovelfuls of further exposition, Mr. Washington and Ms. Roberts are left to look terrific and recite perfunctory lines.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
An old hand at this sort of thing, Pakula goes through the motions, but not much more.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
Pakula has improved on Grisham's book by excising much of the detritus, crafting a taut, intelligent thriller that succeeds on almost every level.
– Brian Lowry,
Variety,
5 Nov 2008
fresh:
It's too bad that Pakula allows this 1993 movie to dawdle after its climax, but prior to that he's adept at suggesting unseen menace and keeping things in motion.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
30 Mar 2009
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