Storyline
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.
Directors
Cast
William H. Macy, Anthony LaPaglia, Will Patton, Kim Coates, Dan Castellaneta, Tommy Lee Jones, Andy Stahl, Susan Sarandon, Anthony Edwards, Gerry Loew, John Diehl, Kimberly Scott, Anthony Heald, Ruby Wilson, Mary-Louise Parker, Brad Renfro, J.T. Walsh, Ossie Davis, Micole Mercurio, Tommy Cresswell, Ron Dean, William Sanderson, Bradley Whitford, Jo Harvey Allen, Alex Coleman, Will Zahrn, Bettina Rose, Todd Demers, Anthony C. Hall, William Richert, Jeffrey Buckner Ford, Clay Lacy, Macon McCalman, Amy Hathaway, Mary McCusker, Walter Olkewicz, Christopher Gray, Linn Sitler, David Speck, Rebecca Jernigan, Mark Cabus, Tom Kagy, Stephanie Weaver, Ashtyn Tyler, Mimmye Goode, John Fink, Ronnie Landry, Michael Detroit, Robert Hatchett, Connye Florance, Sandra Bray, Yvonne Sanders, Norm Woodel, Karen Walker, Nat Robinson, Joey Hadley, Michael Sanders, Angelo R. Sales, Jesse L. Dunlap, Joe Kent, Robbie Billings, John Mason, Robert H. Wiliams, Darrell D. Johnson, Mark Pyles, George Klein
Trailer
Reviews
88
Sometimes, it's exciting to watch a movie formula jell on screen-and that's what you can see happening in The Client, the latest, and best, of three successive films adapted from legal thrillers by John Grisham.
75
Let's get Sarandon and Jones into another movie soon; they're wonderful. Schumacher can direct and there's probably even a part for Brad Renfro. As for Grisham, he needs a course in remedial plotting.
70
The Client, with a fast, no-nonsense pace and three winning performances, is the movie that most clearly echoes the simple, vigorous Grisham style.
67
The movie keeps you occupied, but in a processed, unexciting way.
63
The setup in The Client is done so well, it deserves a better payoff.
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