After the shooting incident which happened in the state of New Orleans, a young woman appoints a brilliant lawyer, Wendell Rohr, to press civil charges against the largest arm companies and says that it's the major reason behind husband's murder. She tells Nick Easter to stay with her and convince the rest of the jury by giving her a large bribe.
As in all his films, there's a sense that honest human emotion bores Fleder, but he gets points for packing the trial with fine character actors, all of them adept at wringing humor and poignancy from cliche.
The best Grisham adaptation yet, this one is definitely worth a look.
Common Sense Media
December 28, 2010
Legal thriller isn't aimed at kids.
New York Observer
October 23, 2003
A lot of famous faces populate the courtroom in this overplotted and farfetched tale of jury-tampering, but they and the horse they rode in on are all so mired in illogical, head-scratching incoherence, they need lawyers of their own.
The film's action is limited to repeatedly ransacking Cusack's apartment, and the plot is rife with Big-Brother-is-watching paranoia.
Washington Post
October 17, 2003
A taut, escapist legal thriller.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
January 29, 2005
...the best cinematic rendering of a Grisham novel ever, which is either saying a quite lot or very little at all, depending upon your view of things Grisham.
Slate
October 22, 2003
In spite of its cheesy plot twists, thoroughly second-rate direction, and criminally wasted ensemble, Runaway Jury adds up to a nice little gotcha! courtroom melodrama.
