Have not seen this movie again since the year it originally came out.
Tom Hanks, of course, accomplished another landmark performance. His first all -serious movie in his career.
The movie is very good, albeit problematic political history rewriting throughout it.
The movie is based on Geoffrey Bowers, who sued his employer Baker McKenzie law firm for unlawful termination due to him having AIDS.
He won.
The problems with political rewriting was several.
In the movie the entire law partners, sr. and jr. - were all ageing white men. Not true. At the time, there was an Asian and Hispanic man. There were also two women. In fact, Baker McKenzie is one of the first international law firms to include women as Senior Partners. Look it up.
Secondly, in the movie the hero of the show was his lawyer played by Denzel Washington. However, the real lawyer was white. He had a total of three lawyers on his team... all were white.
And then of course the writers couldn't help themselves by, twice labeling the old white men as "conservative". Even though that is highly unlikely given the fact the law firm is based n Chicago.
Once again showing Hollywood cannot stop themselves from injecting political theater and sentiments in just about every film.
Tom Hanks, of course, accomplished another landmark performance. His first all -serious movie in his career.
The movie is very good, albeit problematic political history rewriting throughout it.
The movie is based on Geoffrey Bowers, who sued his employer Baker McKenzie law firm for unlawful termination due to him having AIDS.
He won.
The problems with political rewriting was several.
In the movie the entire law partners, sr. and jr. - were all ageing white men. Not true. At the time, there was an Asian and Hispanic man. There were also two women. In fact, Baker McKenzie is one of the first international law firms to include women as Senior Partners. Look it up.
Secondly, in the movie the hero of the show was his lawyer played by Denzel Washington. However, the real lawyer was white. He had a total of three lawyers on his team... all were white.
And then of course the writers couldn't help themselves by, twice labeling the old white men as "conservative". Even though that is highly unlikely given the fact the law firm is based n Chicago.
Once again showing Hollywood cannot stop themselves from injecting political theater and sentiments in just about every film.