The Client (1994)
Decent but unspectacular take on the John Grisham novel in which Brad Renfro witnesses a mob lawyer taking his own life. Under pressure from both the mob and the FBI he turns to Susan Sarandon's lawyer for help.
As much a crime thriller as it is typical Grisham legal stuff, the film has good performances from Sarandon, Renfro and Tommy Lee Jones as the federal attorney, not to mention a scene stealing cameo from Ossie Davis but it lacks the emotional impact of A Time to Kill and the slick pacing of The Firm. At no point was i ever really gripped but it was watchable enough all the same.
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