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Dec 31, 2023saintgatsby rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Heads up! You have to flip this movie disk over to watch the rest of the movie. Film stops abruptly with no instruction to flip to side B.
Dec 16, 2022m1941m rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Loved it. Clean, language OK, more violence in cartoons. Unusual plot, many familiar actors one of Grisham's best
Jun 25, 2021Evelyn_Carnahan_OConnell rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Full disclosure, I was bullied into watching this by a relative who suggested that by not watching "Pelican Brief" I had missed out on one of the great films of the nineties. It was certainly a film. An extremely long, plodding film.…
Aug 17, 2020mrb1987 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
it's denzel at one of his best movies it's got political thriller,action,drama.etc. I think it will not will be great for a young audiences it's bloody violence.greed.etc but it is a great movie.but not suitable for young audience.same…
Oct 29, 2019BeanTrader rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Grisham, Roberts, Washington - Excellent! Keeps you focused and interested from the first note. One of those movies you wish you hadn't seen yet so you can watch it again and again.
May 24, 2019iloveseaotters rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is one of my favorite John Grisham "movies", and I liked it way before I even read the book. Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington have great chemistry as the leads in this fast-paced film that reveals more and more clues as it unfolds.…
Jan 13, 2019lukasevansherman rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
"You can't handle the brief!" "It's. . .the pelicans!" Not actual lines in the movie. Sorry, I feel asleep for a second while writing about this. The second of the great Grisham boom of the 1990s, a decade I'll always think of as the…
Mar 02, 2018mr_chocolate rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I watched this years ago and it still sticks in my mind as a very good film. Great acting by Danzel and Julia. Well worth the time to watch.
Mar 01, 2018GabyGg rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I love this movie.
Jan 16, 2018Onewhoissaved rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The Pelican Brief, 1993, cost $45 million to make and brought in $195.3 million: a pretty damn good return that gave all of its stars booster rockets for anything they wanted next to pursue. Denzel Washington was perfectly cast as the…
Jun 06, 2017voisjoe1_0 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This political thriller starring Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts has similarities to the excellent "Parallax View" and "Three Days of the Condor." All involve state secrets and investigators whose lives are in danger because there are…
May 01, 2017
I only give this DVD 3 stars out of 5 stars. This DVD had no sex scenes. It is not good for a young audience. It has some violence. The script is strong. The the story held together with the quality of the actors. The story seemed…
johnf108
Jun 14, 2014
See if you can guess who Kamel (sp) the hired killer was without looking at the credits. The actor later suffered from the same problem [though much less so] that Orsen Wells and William Shatner did.
Sep 30, 2013akirakato rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
This is a 1993 legal crime thriller based on the novel of the same name by John Grisham. It stars Julia Roberts in the role of young law student Darby Shaw and Denzel Washington as Washington Herald reporter Gray Grantham---two big…
Jun 10, 2013
I returned this on Saturday ....as it was damaged...this is the second time I have brought back this same copy that doesnt complete..it stops 1/2 way through....obviously the library assistant didnt check it in for me just said she would…
johnf108
Mar 13, 2013
nityadarbha The movie continues on the other side of the disk. Few movies have done this. I really liked the movie but wondered if she never heard of Kinkos. I.e. make copies of the brief and send to multiple government offices and…
Oct 03, 2012Keogh rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Outstanding adaptation of the John Grisham novel; it plays much more as a conspiracy thriller than a legal procedural, which is why I like it more than the others, both films and books. Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington have a terrific…
Sep 28, 2012
The DVD I borrowed does not have the entire movie, only 2/3rds of it. Anybody else with the same issue?
wayne19711012
Feb 22, 2012
ok
Oct 03, 2011jimg2000 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
As good as the book is, that few movies have accomplished.
May 09, 2011docjnsuss rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Of the John Grisham novels made into movies, this ranks as one of the best, if not the best. From start to finish it's a thrill ride. Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington star in solving the story's complex murder mystery. Not only that,…