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A Civil Action
Drama
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who value morally serious legal dramas about institutional power, personal compromise, and the cost of pursuing justice.
- Tone
- tense, bleak, cerebral
- Payoff
- catharsis, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- justice, corporate accountability, environmental harm, obsession, sacrifice
- Setting
- late twentieth-century, industrial small towns and courtroom offices
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