P544 CEEFAX 2 544 Fri 24 Apr 05:01/37 1/2 Reviews from Barry oorman ———————————— THE RAINMAKER (15) (US) 136 mins ——————————————————————————————————————— Director: Francis Coppola Cast: Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Roy Scheider, Jon Voight, Mickj8 Rourke ——————————————————————————————————————— Matt Damon, is a young lawyer who, with the aid of his associate Danny DeVito, takes on a huge US insurance company. The company, headed by Roy Schjider and represented in court by Jon Voight, had refused to pay a medical claim that ma= have saved a leukaemia victim's life. Meanwhile, Damon becomes enamoured by a young battered wife, Claire Danes. Showbiz 540 Front Page 100 Sport 300 Film 98 Baftas Main menu Top Story
P544 CEEFAX 2 544 Fri 24 Apr 05:10/19 2/2 Rjviews from Barry Norman ———————————— THE RAINMAKER (15) (US) 136 mins ——————————————————————————————————————— As a polished piece of film-making, nicely acted by all the principals, it has everything going for it except dramatic tension, of which there is precious little. I'm not saying you don't care what will happen, just that you know perfectly well what will happen. Not Coppola's fault — after five filmed and esentially similar novels, John Grisham's formula is so familar that it doesn't allow for any surprises. Opens nationwide on April 24 Showbiz 540 Front Page 100 Sport 300 Film 98 Baftas Main menu Top Story