An attorney representing a traumatized accident victim finds that his opponent is a very familiar defense attorney - his own daughter.
Director:
Michael Apted
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Gene Hackman | ... | Jedediah Tucker Ward | |
| Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | ... | Maggie Ward | |
| Colin Friels | ... | Michael Grazier | |
| Joanna Merlin | ... | Estelle Ward | |
| Laurence Fishburne | ... | Nick Holbrook (as Larry Fishburne) | |
| Donald Moffat | ... | Quinn | |
| Jan Rubes | ... | Pavel | |
| Matt Clark | ... | Judge Symes | |
| Fred Thompson | ... | Dr. Getchell (as Fred Dalton Thompson) | |
| Jonathan Silverman | ... | Brian | |
| Joan McMurtrey | ... | Ann | |
| Anne Ramsay | ... | Deborah (as Anne Elizabeth Ramsay) | |
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David Byron | ... | Carl |
| Tim Hopper | ... | Howie | |
| Robert David Hall | ... | Steven Kellen | |
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Jed Ward is an attorney who specializes in whistle blower, David vs. Goliath, type cases. He finds a client who is suing an auto company over a safety problem that has had a severe effect on his life after the accident. He must replace the current attorney and be ready for trial quickly, and then he finds that the defense attorney will be his estranged daughter. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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For the plaintiff...Jedediah Tucker Ward. For the defense...Margaret Eleanor Ward. Nothing Personal. It's just Father Vs. Daughter in the fight of their lives. See more »Parents Guide:
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Maggie Ward: No, you didn't hold a hand! Not unless it was young, female, and attractive!
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Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Harrison Ford, Michael Douglas, James Caan, Tommy Lee Jones, and Jon Voight were considered to play Jed Ward. See more »Goofs
The purse on the steps is just below a landing. But when Maggie rushes down the steps to her mother, she passes the purse without crossing a landing. See more »Quotes
Jedediah Tucker Ward: I COULDN'T HOLD HIS FUCKING HAND, OKAY!Maggie Ward: No, you didn't hold a hand! Not unless it was young, female, and attractive!
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
15 March 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$4,207,923, 17 March 1991Gross USA:
$24,277,858Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$28,277,918Company Credits
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As a fan of Hackman, Mastrantonio, and courtroom drama, I thought this might be another overlooked chestnut that might repay viewing. Well, I enjoyed the film thoroughly - but it was not really courtroom drama. So if that is what you're looking for, go elsewhere. People are in courtrooms, and there's some cross-examination, but that is not the core of the movie. The core is a story about a father-daughter relationship, and the ups and downs that the relationship can take. Criticized for being 'predictable' or 'smarmy', I found it to be a warm and occasionally humorous take on a plot that may have been presented before, but certainly bore presenting again, and I enjoyed the film very much.
Apted's directing is effective, though never innovative. The actors are all good - in fact, it is to their credit that they made simple lines and dialogue so effective. Hackman, of course, as always,is the professional he always is, and in Mastrantonio he has an actress who can take his words and put her own spin on them. Supporting cast is very solid, the music is early James Horner (good, but again nothing brilliant), setting and atmosphere were both average.
Overall, not a movie for a guy and his girl to watch, but a great movie for that girl and her father to watch. It would've been a great all-rounder if the drama had been in the court-room...