Class Action

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Class Action

R,

1991,

1h 49m,

Drama

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76%

25 Reviews

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51%

5,000+ Ratings

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51%

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Liberal activist lawyer Jedediah (Gene Hackman) alienated daughter Maggie (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.

Joe Brown

Washington Post

Jan 1, 2000

Apted gives this smarter-than-average script a slick look and expertly develops suspense.

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Rita Kempley

Washington Post

Jan 1, 2000

It is the fierce accord between Mastrantonio and Hackman that distinguishes the movie.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

3/4

What I liked best was the way the whole legal case and all of its twists and turns were used to force the Hackman and Mastrantonio characters into learning things about themselves.

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Lew Baxter

Liverpool Echo

Jul 22, 2025

4/5

No matter what Gene Hackman tackles, it always turns up trumps.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Jan 25, 2023

History shows that a lot of action isn't needed when you have class. [Full review in Spanish]

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Dec 27, 2020

2.5/4

...a deliberately-paced and surprisingly uneventful drama that nevertheless benefits from its uniformly compelling performances...

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Hermione M

Oct 16, 2017

Almost convoluted, it takes some patience but I don't know why the ending wasn't as satisfying as it should have been.

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Michael Apted

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Jedediah Tucker Ward

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Synopsis

Liberal activist lawyer Jedediah (Gene Hackman) alienated daughter Maggie (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.

Director: Michael Apted
Producer: Robert W. Cort, Ted Field, Scott Kroopf
Screenwriter: Carolyn Shelby, Christopher Ames, Samantha Shad
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox, Interscope Communications
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 15, 1991, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $23.9M
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: Dolby, Surround

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