REVIEWS: A CIVIL ACTION
Reviews writer/director Steven Zaillian's film "A Civil Action," an intelligent and polished adaptation of Jonathan Harr's fact-based chronicle about a Boston toxic waste dumping trial in the 1980's. Comments that Zaillian treats the material with a welcome level of maturity...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Boxoffice 1999, Vol.135 (2), p.58-58 |
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| Format: | Review |
| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Reviews writer/director Steven Zaillian's film "A Civil Action," an intelligent and polished adaptation of Jonathan Harr's fact-based chronicle about a Boston toxic waste dumping trial in the 1980's. Comments that Zaillian treats the material with a welcome level of maturity that manages to sustain interest even when the storyline doesn't. Mentions that Zaillian's growing skill as a director is elegantly stylized and crisply edited. Notes that the film features a host of fine performances with John Travolta and William H. Macy as noteworthy standouts. Highlights that Robert Duvall brilliantly steals the film's most memorable moments |
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| ISSN: | 0006-8527 |