Fascinating and Frustrating 9/10

Rating: 9/10 (12 June 2001)

A really great movie. This is a true story!
You really see how messed up the law-system is. If you have the money you can do everything. It's not so shocking that "nicotin is addictive". That's something I knew for a long time, but it's shocking what the tobacco companies go thru to protect that knowledge from being made official. It's frustrating to see that the truth (at first) doesn't seem to be valuable enough.
Here in Austria we also had a big dispute a few years back. Every cigarette pack contained the wording "cigaretttes MAY cause health problems". It took a long time and a lot of litigation to get that "may" out of the sentence, because cigarettes are dangerous. After this movie, reconsider smoking or even investing in cigarette-related companies.
Go see this movie, for not only is the story good, but also the acting is truly phenomenal. The only drawback is the legal mumble-jumble which you will only be able to understand if you have read at least two Grisham books.