The Client 1994 by AverageMansReviews

The Client 1994 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/suicide/torture/mental health/outdated views/decomposing/shooting/animal cruelty/medical

Wrong place at the wrong time: in a nutshell Mark Sway [Brad Renfro] and his younger brother Ricky Sway [David Speck;] come from a very poor background with their mother Dianne Sway [Mary-Louise Parker] they even get into legal problems or unfortunately medical problems with PTSD. U.S. Attorney Roy "Reverend Roy" Foltrigg [Tommy Lee Jones:] this highly elite individual that is the cream of the crop of his profession and is a celebrity as well; he wants to know what Mark knows about this crime. But Mark goes and finds himself an Attorney for a dollar Attorney Regina "Reggie" Love [Susan Sarandon:] a attorney that has a history of things [I would be a little bit more specific, but it gets told to the audience as this revealing moment.]

There isn't much point of me bringing up the frame work, because be that or the pacing of this 121 minutes film; it has a story to tell and it just gets on with it basically so it is good and smooth going.

Action/Art: on both counts I don't have much to say here, but to be fair it isn't one of those kind of films; so without giving too much away towards the later stages of this film; this is just a rough exert we have Mark and Reggie; looking for evidence and in this one particular scene; we have Reggie signalling to mark to get out or come out as he is high up underneath this book protector covering watching the bad guys digging something up of great importance, so Reggie is helping Mark to carefully get out, but they get rumbled by Barry "The Blade" Muldano [Anthony LaPaglia] and for the art we have a small number of scenes of the sun and sky.

Character developments, Comedy and Performances: generally speaking first of all they are all good character versions of what they are meant to be and likewise this is a cast performance of all good performances. But a little bit more sense if we now; we have an excellent triangle of Brad Renfro as Mark Sway: someone with understandable trust issues [yes this gets referenced in the film as well,] that has had no other choice but to be basically the man of the house, which culminates with him not liking authority for one example; when he quickly steals this character's credit card in this traumatic situation, so when he is in jail again he makes this telephone call to this pizza place and makes gigantic pizza order and then he sends this pizza order to this place department. Susan Sarandon as Regina "Reggie" Love: is a damaged person dealing with her own things, but seems to be over time the only one that pushed back on Mark: this chemistry manifest itself as a blossoming safe and secure connection between these two good people but broken people. Tommy Lee Jones as U.S. Attorney Roy "Reverend Roy" Foltrigg; at his heart he is not a bad person; but he is a little bit shifty under handed, he wants the truth let's just say it is very easy to understand and see why and how he has got to the position he has; his chemistry with the other two slots in perfectly in fact this is a perfect triangle of chemistry.

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent: on reflection I decided to award another mark based on this triangle and yes this film has awards accredited to its name; such as 3 Winners; BAFTA Awards 1995 BAFTA Film Award Best Actress Susan Sarandon,  ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 1995 ASCAP Awarw Top Box Office Films Howard Shore and Young Artist Awards 1995 Young Artist Award Best Performance by a Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture Brad Renfro. Nominees 4 that include; Academy Awards, USA 1995 Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role Susan Sarandon and Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1995 CFCA Award Most Promising Actor Brad Renfro and on a quick side note it would have been nice to see Tommy Lee Jones be at minimum nominated for an award for this film