Synopsis
A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
Metacritic58/100
182 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael AptedDirector
- Christopher AmesWriter
- Carolyn ShelbyWriter
- Samantha ShadWriter
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gene HackmanJedediah Tucker Ward
- Mary Elizabeth MastrantonioMaggie Ward
- Colin FrielsMichael Grazier
- Joanna MerlinEstelle Ward
- Laurence FishburneNick Holbrook
- Donald MoffatQuinn
- Jan RubešPavel
- Matt ClarkJudge Symes
- Fred ThompsonDr. Getchell
- Jonathan SilvermanBrian
- Joan McMurtreyAnn
- Anne RamsayDeborah