The Client | 
| Director: Joel Schumacher
Actors: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro, Mary-louise Parker, Anthony Lapaglia
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 3677
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Full Screen, Hifi Sound, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 119 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 0.5
MPN: WARD13233D
ISBN: 6304712952
UPC: 085391323327
EAN: 9780790733579
ASIN: 6304712952
Theatrical Release Date: July 20, 1994
Release Date: December 17, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
A YOUNG BOY IS TARGETED BY THE MOB AFTER HE LEARNS TOO MUCH INFORMATION FROM ONE OF ITS LAWYERS. FEATURES NOTES AND TRAILER.
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The exceptionally fine cast--Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, J.T. Walsh, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony Edwards, William H. Macy, Anthony LaPaglia, Ossie Davis, and Brad Renfro--goes a long way toward making The Client one of the more solidly enjoyable screen adaptations of a John Grisham southern gothic legal thriller. Teen-hearthrob Renfro is a natural, playing a kid whose life is in jeopardy after he witnesses the death of a Mob lawyer. Susan Sarandon is the attorney who decides to look after the boy; nobody can match her when it comes to playing strong and protective maternal figures (Thelma and Louise, Lorenzo's Oil, Dead Man Walking). Sarandon won her fourth Oscar nomination as best actress for this role, before finally winning the following year for Dead Man Walking. Author Grisham was so impressed with former window dresser/fashion designer/screenwriter-turned-director Joel Schumacher's work on this movie that he later asked him to direct A Time to Kill. --Jim Emerson
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| Customer Reviews: Read 65 more reviews...
 I like it. June 1, 2009
Ezekiel H. Wan (Harrison, NJ USA)
Good Plot. The Child actor is talented. I like the package and fast service too.
A solid star is born.... May 7, 2009
Betty J. Kilgore (Medway, Ohio)
Newly discovered Brad Renfro gives a stunningly believable performance that matches those of Sarandon and Jones...everyone comes to the plate with just the right amount of professionalism and the film goes 'over the top' in all catagories. I find Brad Renfro's first six films where he carries more of a lead role as a 'coming-of-age' preteen/teen to be some of his best work - how sad that his untimely death prevents us from witnessing his certain transformation into an older, seasoned actor.
One Grisham thriller! April 27, 2009
Manuel N. Elnar (Daly City, CA USA)
Great acting!! And why not - With Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon exchanges? Engrossing indeed. Why are we getting this crushable cheap CD cases with paper and little plastic material? Those who makes them should be hanged upside down!!!
The Client April 21, 2009
Rainy Day Girl (Portland, OR United States)
Definitely purchase this title if you like a mystery-suspense thriller. It is another great title for Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon fans.
 Star power detracts.. January 8, 2009
C. Rocklein
..although Susan Sarandan was not bad as Reggie. I kind of pictured Reggie as somewhat older and plumper, but Sarandan's motherly touch fit the character. On the topic of mothers, Mark's mother was fairly mis-cast. She was too pretty and didn't really fit the bill of chain smoking trailer trash that Grisham's novel portrayed her as - one of the many things that broke the spell of beleivability for me. I really felt all the star power got in the way of this story and let me just say that I liked the book a lot - the movie left me more or less unmoved. There were so many familiar faces in the movie, all calling to mind other movies I'd seen them in, I had a hard time believing in this one. The doctor at the first hospital is the guy in Fargo. Reggie's assistant (whose name I don't know) I've seen in a bunch of other movies. Most of the FBI group is pretty recognizable. Tommy Lee Jones was good as the arrogant politician. But basically this movie is borderline cheesy and unbeleivable.
To enjoy this story properly, read the book, though I wouldn't blame anyone who didn't want to after seeing this movie.
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