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The Client
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70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2304
- IMDb #2907
- Google retired #2503
- Rotten Tomatoes #2186
- Metacritic #2142
- Letterboxd #2881
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2213
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2737
- Metacritic Critics #1979
- Metacritic Audience #2586
- Kinopoisk #1810
- AlloCiné #3212
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An 11-year-old boy and his younger brother witness the suicide of a mob lawyer. With his dying words, the lawyer reveals a dangerous secret about where a murdered U.S. Senator is buried. The boy is soon caught between the mob, who want to silence him, and the federal authorities, who pressure him to reveal the secret he swore to keep. A recovering alcoholic attorney agrees to represent him, and they must work together to outmaneuver both the relentless U.S. Attorney and the deadly mob enforcers.
Details
- Director
- Joel Schumacher
- Writers
- Akiva Goldsman, Robert Getchell
- Based on
- The Client by John Grisham
- Released
- 20 July 1994
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $45.0M
- Box office
- $117.6M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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Awards & nominations
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| 67th Academy Awards 1995 | Best Actress | Susan Sarandon | Nominee |
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