The Rainmaker

i cant blame the director, the movie is somehow good, but u cant compare it to a 500-pages novel!! and this problem pops up as some directors try to film a great novel as the rainmaker!... Full review

This is a great film for, well almost anyone, that is who can handle sad deaths, and a very brutal beating. Damons, Danes, Devito, and Voight. All give very strong performances. Well done, oscar worthy.... Full review

I thought this was an excellent movie. I highly recommend you see it. The acting was well-done. I really enjoyed the story line. I have not read the book so I cannot compare. But I did ejoy the movie very much.... Full review

No disrespect to \"Apocalypse Now\" or \"The Godfather\", but I think this is Coppola\'s best film and perhaps the best courtroom drama ever filmed. The all-star cast delivers one excellent performance after another and they work together to create a menagerie... Full review

I love this film. This is probably Copola's last great film. Matt Damon was robbed, this is one of his best performances, and that's saying a lot. I love the little nuances of his performance, like when he greets the... Full review

This is a good film that does a decent job covering a terrific book by John Grisham. I highly recommend reading the book before watching this/or in place of, but the movie does not disappoint. Damon is good and Devito and... Full review

Another great adaptation from the3 Grisham book. Danny and ben are good here. The acting carries this and its great to see them here.... Full review

Coppolla gives us a feel good movie that everyone can enjoy. It\'s rated PG-13, it\'s got fun charecters and a plot that keeps us involved. A Great movie.... Full review

This was probably one of the best movies I have ever seen. Matt Damon and Danny DeVito were absolutely awesome together. Danny Glover was wonderful as well. This was also one of his better performances. Every attorney and lawyer should see... Full review

I have yet to see a bad John Grisham movie and this is no exception. Jon Voigt, Danny Devito, and especially Matt Damon do an exceptional job in bringing this book to life. Claire Danes is an added bonus. Enjoy!... Full review

Movies based off of John Grisham books have done fairly well.....probably guess it would fit his sometimes slow paced style of filmmaking.....well, Matt Damon plays a young man becoming a lawyer....The branching plot lines go everywhere, which is fine.... ... Full Review

The similarities between that great 1982 film and this are somewhat disturbing....there is, though, a wonderful cast that includes Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place, Danny Glover, Roy Scheider and Claire Danes, and a little-guy-against-the-world story that has an undeniable appeal..... ... Full Review

Still, ``The Rainmaker'' has a mostly plausible story, an engaging young courtroom hero (``Good Will Hunting's'' Matt Damon), a giant insurance company as the perfect adversary and the best supporting cast of any movie last year. The best way to enjoy the movie -- and it is enjoyable, and often touching -- is not to think about all this weight. ... Full Review

Shockingly, "The Rainmaker" is quite an endearing film. Overall, not a great film, but definitely worth a viewing, especially to those who have seen any other Coppola film released this decade. Danny Devito is the comic relief, and is very good. ... Full Review

As a result, the intelligence and subtlety of The Rainmaker took me by surprise. While it's virtually impossible to film a courtroom drama where there aren't at least a few tricks and unexpected legal maneuvers ... Full Review

John Grisham, the all-time best-selling author of the nineties, has written eighteen novels and one work of non-fiction. His newest novel, Playing for Pizza , is due to hit bookstores this fall. ... Full Article

Legends often disappear - it's how they protect their legacy against the fading of inspiration and popular demand. But nobody expected it from Francis Ford Coppola, who survived both exaltation ( Godfather I and II , Apocalypse Now ) and... ... Full Article

" Not bad." Grisham.Damon.Coppola?Initially, I thought to myself, "Wow, Coppola doing a Grisham adaptation.Hell really did freeze over.He must just be trying to redeem himself for releasing Jack on an unsuspecting public in 1996." ... Full Article

The defense, it seems, has rested. With Communism a nonstarter, about the only acceptable movie villains today The defense, it seems, has rested. With Communism a nonstarter, about the only acceptable movie villains today are viscera-spewing aliens, impending comets, hyperthyroid... ... Full Article

Friday November 21, 1997 Francis Ford Coppola writing and directing an adaptation of a John Grisham novel sounds like the creative mismatch of the decade. ... Full Article

By Radheyan Simonpillai The Rainmaker boasts a peculiar restraint in comparison to the previous works of novelist John Grisham. It's the same David and Goliath story, with a small-time lawyer who is well over his head against a multifaceted conspiracy... ... Full Article