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When lawyer Rick Magruder learns his one-night-stand lover's nut-case father Dixon is threatening her, he puts the weight of his law firm behind Mallory, has Dixon arrested and subpoenas her ex-husband Pete to testify against Dixon in court. Dixon is sent to an asylum, but escapes from there and the lives of many people are in danger.
If you like movies more than you do John Grisham, you can leave the story behind and listen to the filmmaking master class that Altman conducts on the screen.
January 01, 2000
Boxoffice Magazine
Little more than 120 minutes of nifty storm sounds.
An underrated atmospheric thriller from Robert Altman
February 24, 2004
Los Angeles Times
Altman had a fine time composing difficult shots, through screens, bushes and sheets of rain, and Chungwei's images, sometimes delicate, sometimes harsh, stick with you long after you've forgotten their context.
Unless one counts a few running gibes against lawyers that can easily be imagined coming from Grisham, Altman basically chooses to treat this hackneyed story straight.
January 01, 2000
San Francisco Chronicle
There's great pleasure in watching a movie in which the director has thought out everything beforehand.
The unlikely pairing of John Grisham and Robert Altman proves rewarding for both partners.
January 28, 2002
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
A pulp melodrama in denial.
June 06, 2003
Globe and Mail
Robert Altman the up-and- down director meets John Grisham the constant mediocrity. Just where, in our hypothetical picture, should we place that unlikely scene?