Class Action

A pair of lawyers must balance their professional principles (such as they are) against family loyalties in this courtroom drama. Jedediah Ward (Gene Hackman) is a leftist lawyer who has based his career on helping people avoid being taken for a ride by the rich and powerful; he's pursued principle ...more

Although the structure of the screenplay for this legal drama from director Michael Apted is moderately by the numbers, the film rivets with its attention to character development and dialogue against a backdrop of exploring issues of professional dilemmas and family dysfunction. What Class Action (1991) is really all about, however, is the generation gap, as a father and daughter represent two utterly opposite approaches to life and the law. One is rapaciously bottom-line yet ethical (and ...more