I had a friend who was a writer many years ago. (Sadly, she died before she finished her novel). What I remember clearly was visiting her office and seeing notes taped up all over the place with notes about this or that character. I can only imagine what John Grisham's office looked like when he was writing "The Firm," today's movie selection.
The twists and turns and the tension throughout this 1993, 2-1/2 hour Tom Cruise movie will keep you on the edge of your seat. Cruise is Mitch McDeere, about to graduate from Harvard Law School. He is given an offer it is impossible to refuse from a small Memphis law firm. It comes with a house, a car, payment of his college loans, and a 6-figure salary.
But as he begins to work for the company he realizes that things are not as they seem and it's hard to keep track of who kills whom, who is laundering money where, which are the bad guys and which are the good, who is sleeping with whom--and why, etc. Somehow Mitch manages to settle everything legally, screw the FBI, get cozy with the mafia, get his brother released from jail with a hefty bankroll, and escape the clutches of the law firm which has a surprisingly high death rate, and start a new life, with a clean conscience.
Really an entertaining movie. Good job, Ned.
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