The Firm

R

Released Jun 30, 1993

2 hr. 34 min.

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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A young lawyer joins a small but prestigious law firm only to find out that most of their clients are on the wrong side of the law. The company is helping to launder mob money, get clients off charges and even murder partners who threaten to blow their cover, but when the FBI come calling to gather evidence on the lawyer's colleagues, he is caught between a rock and a hard place, juggling his life and his liberty.

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Critics Consensus

The Firm is a big studio thriller that amusingly tears apart the last of 1980s boardroom culture and the false securities it represented.

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My favorite Sidney Pollack film, and one of my favorites from Tom Cruise. The Firm is a smart, suspenseful ride, with no lulls, and is filled with on point performances from several of Hollywood's best, including Holly Hunter and Gene Hackman. Also of note is its musical score.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/30/24

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Jacob B

A worthy adaptation of its source material, The Firm just might be the best John Grisham film I've seen. It's certainly a helluva lot better than The Pelican Brief, which came out the same year. The acting is great, it's suspenseful, it's paced so well that the 2.5-hour-long runtime will just fly by, the score does a good job of setting the mood in each scene without being melodramatic and it remains faithful to the spirit of the book whilst making changes that are for the better, such as our hero being much more sympathetic rather than just being the guy we root for simply because the antagonists are worse than his corrupt ass. A compelling legal thriller that's sure to be a treat for Grisham fans and non-fans alike.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/12/24

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Tom C

This is a very entertaining thriller movie with some great writing and excellent performances from Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman and Jeanne Tripplehorn. This movie has a solid premise with some really good execution. It's smart, sleek, mysterious and provides the audience with some fantastic edge-of-your-seat thrills. The first half is very entertaining. It's a drama that's filled with intrigue and sets up a solid mystery. The second half sort of shifts genre by becoming a suspenseful crime thriller. It's a very entertaining movie. The acting is really good and one of the movie's strong points. Tom Cruise was still making dramas at this point in time and delivers an incredible performance. Gene Hackman is a veteran actor who delivers a fantastic performance as is expected from him. Jeanne Tripplehorn is good. Holly Hunter is only on screen for a couple of minutes but was nominated for an Oscar and gives a very good performance. Ed Harris plays his role with an urgency that's really good. David Strathairn is really good in his minor role. And there's a really good surprise performance from Gary Busey. Overall, this is a really suspenseful mystery thriller with some excellent performances that I'd recommend to anyone.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/20/24

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David H

God i wish they'd still make movies like this. Great story (based on a John Grisham novel). Great acting. Great noir esque score. A tense, suspenseful law/lawyer type thriller.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/12/24

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Mitch C

My favorite of the legal dramas. Superb cast. Tom Cruise is serviceable as always, but elevated by the likes of Gene Hackman (who, as usual almost steals the show with his performance,) Jeanne Triplehorn, Holly Hunter, Hal Holbrook just to name a few.. Wilford Brimley plays a great "bad guy." Some might try to see the movie as a social commentary on 90s era "yuppie-dum". I just think it's darn good entertainment. And the city of Memphis never looked so good.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/26/23

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Hayley M

I enjoyed this story line and was engaged for the whole movie, such a shame Tom Cruise is such an egomaniac !

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/02/23

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Sydney Pollack

Director

Tom Cruise

Mitch McDeere

Jeanne Tripplehorn

Abby McDeere

Gene Hackman

Avery Tolar

Holly Hunter

Tammy Hemphill

Ed Harris

Wayne Tarrance

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The Firm: Official Clip - Outwitting the Hit

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The Firm: Official Clip - The Chase

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The Firm: Official Clip - Escape from the Firm

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The Firm: Official Clip - Dead Lawyers

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The Firm: Official Clip - Tricking a Federal Agent

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The Firm: Official Clip - If We Run, They'd Find Us

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The Firm: Official Clip - No Lawyer's Ever Left the Firm Alive

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The Firm: Official Clip - Blackmail

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The Firm: Official Clip - No Associate Has Ever Failed the Bar Exam

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James Jackson

Times (UK)

Cruise’s toothy heroics are ill-suited to moral complexity, but he is elevated by a stellar supporting cast...

Nov 15, 2022

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David Ansen

Newsweek

A summer genre movie for grown-ups, The Firm helps restore faith in Hollywood professionalism.

May 15, 2018

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Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

Tom Cruise heads a tony cast in a best-seller movie that is firm at the start and infirm by the end.

May 26, 2008

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Those who admired the book will despise the movie and vice versa. [Full review in Spanish]

Jun 9, 2022

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Sean Collier

Box Office Prophets

The first adaptation of a John Grisham novel to top the box office, The Firm successfully feels like a mass-market page-turner.

Rated: 8/10

Nov 16, 2020

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Tom Meek

Cambridge Day

Tom Cruise is blessed with the amazing ensemble... and a screenplay contribution from Robert Towne, yet the result is a pat paper chase-cum-thriller that's looking constantly to break the surface.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 6, 2020

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Synopsis

A young lawyer joins a small but prestigious law firm only to find out that most of their clients are on the wrong side of the law. The company is helping to launder mob money, get clients off charges and even murder partners who threaten to blow their cover, but when the FBI come calling to gather evidence on the lawyer's colleagues, he is caught between a rock and a hard place, juggling his life and his liberty.

Director: Sydney Pollack
Executive Producer: Michael Hausman, Lindsay Doran
Screenwriter: David Rabe, Robert Towne, David Rayfiel
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Davis Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 30, 1993, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 27, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $157.0M
Sound Mix: Surround

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