The Pelican Brief (1993)

Name: The Pelican Brief
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Released: 1993
Duration: 141 min

"Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead."

ThumbScore

👍 73%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 54% (RT: 56%, MC: 51)

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Director

Alan J. Pakula

Runtime

2h 21m

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.6/10 (1,735 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

56%

Metacritic

Cast

Julia Roberts as Darby Shaw · 71% avg

Denzel Washington as Gray Grantham · 75% avg

Sam Shepard as Thomas Callahan · 70% avg

John Heard as Gavin Vereek · 71% avg

Tony Goldwyn as Fletcher Coal · 71% avg

James B. Sikking as Denton Voyles · 71% avg

William Atherton as Bob Gminski · 71% avg

Robert Culp as The President

Is The Pelican Brief good?

Most people think so. 73% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 54%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#1099 / 2223 · Thriller

Rank in its year

#73 / 95 · 1993

Rank among its director's films

#4 / 5 · Alan J. Pakula

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed. Wikipedia ↗