The Pelican Brief

  • 1993


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61 %
54 % Rotten
$ 195 Million
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Positive Reviews 3
Negative reviews 7
Average Rating 2.4/5

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1.5
An old hand at this sort of thing, Pakula goes through the motions, but not much more. Time Out
1.5
Definitely an easy rental and a good way to drown a couple of hours if youre looking for a little suspense, some law stuff, lotsa secondary players an .. JoBlo
4.5
Elsewhere theres a simplistic divide between homophobia and homophilia. Independent
1.5
A routine thriller, curiosuly disappointing from Alan Pakula that even stars like Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts cant rescue Emanuellevy
1.5
Despite a basic competence, the film adaptation of John Grishams basically competent thriller The Pelican Brief inspires a thesaurus worth of uninspir .. Groucho Reviews
4.5
If I would still call it one of Pakulas very best films since the end of the 1970s, that says far more about the decline of his career than anything e .. Antagony & Ecstasy
1.5
Pakulas always had a cool style, tending toward solemnity, but lets face it, All the Presidents Men this movie is not. You wish hed have a little more .. News Week
1.5
Its too bad that Pakula allows this 1993 movie to dawdle after its climax, but prior to that hes adept at suggesting unseen menace and keeping things .. Chicago Reader
4.5
Both Roberts, with her intense fragility, and Washington, with his thoughtful heroism, prove invaluable in pulling us into the heart of the film. Hartford Courant
1.5
Not on par with Alan J. Pakulas preeminent paranoid cinema. But depicting a POTUS at odds with his FBI director and creating obstruction of justice co .. Midwest Film Journal



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