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Nov 21, 1997 · Advertisement. The movie takes place in Tennessee, where Baylor has just graduated from a second-rate law school and goes to work for Bruiser Stone ( Mickey Rourke ), a flashy fraud with charm where his morals should be. The law is closing in on Bruiser.
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82% 57 Reviews Tomatometer 78% 25,000+ Ratings Audience Score Struggling new attorney Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) resorts to working for a shady lawyer (Mickey Rourke), where he meets paralegal Deck...
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- Francis Ford Coppola
- PG-13
- Matt Damon
The Rainmaker (1997) Stolid and solid, steady to the point of functional, and extremely mainstream. That is, here we have a somewhat sensational do-gooder kind of plot, taken from the Grisham novel, and a series of complications and good guys and bad guys fill it out.
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The film received generally positive reviews from critics, earning an 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 57 reviews, with an average rating of 6.90/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Invigorated by its talented cast and Francis Ford Coppola's strong direction, The Rainmaker is a satisfying legal drama—and arguably the best of ...
- $40 million
- Elmer Bernstein
- November 21, 1997
Nov 21, 1997 · The Rainmaker: Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight. An underdog lawyer takes on a fraudulent insurance company.
- (81K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Francis Ford Coppola
- 1997-11-21
All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Michael Dwyer Irish Times. This effort shows no sign of a halt to the decline of Coppola, a film-maker who, in the 1970s, was...
Dec 5, 1997 · John Grisham’s The Rainmaker. Production: A Paramount release of a Constellation Films presentation of a Douglas/Reuther production in association with American Zoetrope. Produced by Michael ...