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A Civil Action

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A Civil Action is a drama film which was directed by Steven Zaillian, that stars John Travolta and Robert Duvall, and that is based on the book by Jonathan Harr.The families of children who died sue two companies for dumping toxic waste: a tort so expensive to prove...
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TV Guide
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November 22, 2009

This is a case in which the material really is better served in book form.
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Los Angeles Times
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February 14, 2001

As proficient a job as writer-director Steve Zaillian and his team do, A Civil Action has unmistakably unraveled by its close.
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CNN.com
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January 01, 2000

Schlichtmann may have gone through this conversion in real life, but I just didn't buy it the way Zaillian presents it.
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Variety

June 01, 2006

Based on a true story, this is an intelligent legal thriller, very much in the mode of 1970s issue-oriented films, that may be too subtle and complex for the damands of today's market.
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New York Magazine/Vulture

January 01, 2000

I'm all for films that don't flow from the usual Hollywood test tubes, but A Civil Action is basically the standard formula with a dash of downbeat.
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Reeling Reviews
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April 09, 2005

I expected a harder hitting indictment against the uncaring power of corporate America. Instead, we get a middlin' courtroom drama that lacks the intensity of such films as the 1982 Sidney Lumet/Paul Newman film, The Verdict.
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Draxblog Movie Reviews

February 28, 2005

the film is slightly overlong and the ending is anti-cathartic.
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Film Threat
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December 06, 2005

While Travolta is passable as Schlichtmann, it is the outstanding work from Duvall, Macy and briefly Tony Shalhoub that drive the story.
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eFilmCritic.com
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July 30, 2007

The movie becomes one more David-and-Goliath morality play.
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

February 05, 2005

... hints at the complex moral issues that vein the story.
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Time Out
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February 09, 2006

Delivering the verdict two thirds into the movie is anti-climactic, while Schlichtmann's belated atonement feels beside the point.
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Village Voice

January 01, 2000

A slick, shameless job that takes way too long to make its point (namely, we need the EPA).
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