John Grisham books are and will always be at least semi interesting on the silver screen, especially if said movie be starring Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington and Sam Shepherd for good mesure. We end up with a thriller that never quite gets it's wings but makes up for it by sheer 90's nostalgia and some good acting by said threesome. We also get good performances by Stanley Tucci, John Heard and Robert Gulp who makes a great job portraying the quintessential tool president. The downside to the whole thing is that the movie doesn't seem to make up it's mind on how much it should include the audience on what's really going on with the whole conspiracy which ended up leaving me somewhat confused at times. It does give up enough details along the way to make one wish to keep going and the performance of the cast and the directional skills of Alan J. Pakula (All the President's Men) as well as the music of James Horner (Titanic, Aliens, Braveheart) make this semi-lulling thriller a perfect 90's throwback. Weak 7 - would watch again.
Review of The Pelican Brief
