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John Grisham's The Rainmaker

...a watchable courtroom drama as perfunctory and efficient as any other upmarket Hollywood product.

Francis Ford Coppola, who wrote and directed the film, has made the most of Grisham's ground-level realism. This is not a film that loves the legal profession, and yet it loves some of those who labor in it...

In the lead role, Matt Damon does a fine job portraying the uncertainty of someone who believes he has the moral high ground, but realizes that his lack of experience could lose the case.