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Class Action
Crime, Drama, History
A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy morally charged courtroom confrontations where legal strategy and unresolved family wounds become inseparable.
- Tone
- tense, cerebral, bittersweet
- Payoff
- catharsis, vindication
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- family estrangement, corporate accountability, professional ethics, parental betrayal
- Setting
- contemporary, urban law offices and courtroom