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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

The Client
1994
**½
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Brad Renfro, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker

A young boy hears too much from a mob lawyer who is about to commit suicide. Soon he discovers that he cannot trust anyone, apart from a feisty lawyer played by Susan Sarandon. This John Grisham adaptation starts really well, but the rest of the story is not up to scratch. The protagonist is an irritating and implausibly precocious kid.