Class Action
Jed Ward is an attorney who specializes in whistle blower, David vs. Goliath, type cases. He finds a client who is suing an auto company over a safety problem that has had a severe effect on his life after the accident. He must replace the current attorney and be ready for trial quickly, and then he finds that the defense attorney will be his estranged daughter.
19 August 1942, Sheffield, Alabama, USA
25 February 1949, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
17 November 1958, Lombard, Illinois, USA
14 December 1945, Los Angeles, California, USA
26 December 1930, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
5 August 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 April 1966, Alameda, California, USA
6 June 1920, Volyne, Czechoslovakia [now Volyne, Czech Republic]
30 January 1930, San Bernardino, California, USA
25 September 1952, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
25 November 1936, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
6 May 1952, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
11 September 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA
July 27, 2002
Works like an above-average TV-flick ... only with better actors.
January 01, 2000
Apted gives this smarter-than-average script a slick look and expertly develops suspense.
July 18, 2003
A two-fisted slugger, hammering across points about legal and familial ethics.
January 01, 2000
Managed to take one of the most contrived plots I've ever seen and make it seem, if not original, then at least way above average.
June 12, 2003
Not exactly a nail-biter, but a well-crafted courtroom thriller
January 01, 2000
It is the fierce accord between Mastrantonio and Hackman that distinguishes the movie.
January 01, 2000
What I liked best was the way the whole legal case and all of its twists and turns were used to force the Hackman and Mastrantonio characters into learning things about themselves.
April 27, 2003
Two great actors giving two great performances
January 01, 2000
Class Action is one of the rare films that combines a truly affecting family crisis with a good potboiler.
May 14, 2007
How far we've come! Here, it's still the youngster -- and the woman -- who needs to be put in her place.
January 01, 2000
Director Michael Apted has taken what could have been a routine courtroom drama and built instead a stunning study of familial love and misunderstanding.
May 19, 2009
less a battle of people and corporations than a battle between a fiery daughter and smug father
