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- CLASS ACTION is not a flashy, fill-up-the-screen-every-minute kind of film. But it is a quite compelling effort. The courtroom storyline is captivating, with director Michael Apted expertly showing the case and its various twists and turns from both sides.
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Mar 15, 1991 · Michael Apted's "Class Action" is an exception; the trailer seems to promise a formula plot - a father and his daughter, both lawyers, on opposing sides in court, trading legal arguments and cliches. The movie is indeed about the father and the daughter, but in ways we didn't anticipate, with surprising intelligence and empathy.
CLASS ACTION is not a flashy, fill-up-the-screen-every-minute kind of film. But it is a quite compelling effort. The courtroom storyline is captivating, with director Michael Apted expertly showing the case and its various twists and turns from both sides. Anyone who was glued to the set anytime L.A. LAW came on be in heaven.
Mar 15, 1991 · Class Action: Directed by Michael Apted. With Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Colin Friels, Joanna Merlin. An attorney representing a traumatized accident victim finds that his opponent is a very familiar defense attorney - his own daughter.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Michael Apted
- 1991-03-15
Class Action is a 1991 American legal drama film directed by Michael Apted. Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio star; Larry Fishburne, Colin Friels, Fred Dalton Thompson, and Donald Moffat are also featured. The film was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.
Sep 16, 2022 · drama, review. One of numerous studio-backed potboilers to have largely fallen out of the public memory, Michael Apted’s Class Action is an almost entirely formulaic legal drama that benefits from – and is immeasurably lifted by – stars Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. They squeeze every ounce of emotion and conflict out of it.
Mar 15, 1991 · Under Michael Apted’s warm and meticulous direction, Hackman and Mastrantonio give beautifully matched performances as the bitterly wrangling Wards, as does Joanna Merlin in the smaller role...
Jan 1, 1991 · Reviews. Dec 31, 1990 11:00pm PT. Class Action. Winning performances by Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and potent direction by Michael Apted pump life into the sturdy courtroom...
