Story Line
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
“No one would take on his case... until one man was willing to take on the system.”
Top Cast
Tom Hanks
Andrew Beckett
Denzel Washington
Joe Miller
Jason Robards
Charles Wheeler
Mary Steenburgen
Belinda Conine
Antonio Banderas
Miguel Alvarez
Ron Vawter
Bob Seidman
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Rating
7.7/ 10
Release Date
1993-12-22
Runtime
2h 6m
Genres
Drama
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John Chard
9/10
•11/11/2019What do you love about the law, Andrew?
Andrew Beckett is a gay lawyer infected with AIDS, who in spite of being his law firm's rising star, is fired on a trumped up charge of negligence. Refusing to accept defeat, Andrew manages to enlist the hel...
Peter McGinn
7/10
•5/8/2021Yet another of those movies I watched close to when it came out umpteen years ago, and only recently watched again.
For entertainment value, it hasn’t aged particularly well for me. I am not sure I can even describe why, except that it seemed to l...
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8/10
•5/20/2021Compelling performances by both Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. And to think I almost didn't watch this because the poster doesn't look like Hanks...
Filipe Manuel Neto
10/10
•12/8/2022**A dense, disturbing, difficult, but highly relevant film.**
Well, those who has the patience and charity to read what I write may have already realized that I'm not a big fan of overly militant films, even if they are causes or ideas that I defe...