The Firm

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: June 30, 1993

8.5	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 197 Ratings

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XianyuJul 22, 2020

Never before have I lost interest in a movie due to music choice alone. I usually don't notice music in movies. I can appreciate it when it's insanely well-done (Such as John Wick, etc) but otherwise, music is a background element I pay noNever before have I lost interest in a movie due to music choice alone. I usually don't notice music in movies. I can appreciate it when it's insanely well-done (Such as John Wick, etc) but otherwise, music is a background element I pay no attention to. The amount of this movie that I watched, that I could actually stomach, had the single most awfully-chosen soundtrack I have ever heard. Even tense moments were completely undermined by this awful chirpy 'everything is okay and happy' piano chord music that was so distractingly out of place, and was so discordant with the actual happenings on screen that it was like watching the movie on an ipad in a piano bar almost far enough to dodge the ambient piano but not quite.

Needless to say it took me right out the movie when I was watching Tom Cruise sneakily searching through a medicine cabinet or whatever, suspecting that his partner is an ACTUAL MURDERER and the tense scene of him trying to conduct the search without being noticed is underscored by AWFUL CHIRPY PIANO MUSIC.

As I said, I rarely care about music. So for it to completely ruin a movie, it has to be absolutely abhorrent. And it is. It is godawful.… Expand

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Lord_VoltaJul 14, 2020

This movie feels unfinished. The beginning is fantastic and catches you by the hook. But just as it's about to reach its climax, it decides to send you on a 20 minute chase scene through Memphis tourist attractions that have little to do withThis movie feels unfinished. The beginning is fantastic and catches you by the hook. But just as it's about to reach its climax, it decides to send you on a 20 minute chase scene through Memphis tourist attractions that have little to do with the actual story. The set pieces involved must have gone overbudget, because the finale is retconned to reuse old sets, and it doesn't make a lick of sense. When will writers learn that the ending matters?… Expand

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ToodleDooAug 5, 2020

Almost everything about this film is capable while doing its best to be absolutely unremarkable. Two and a half hours of boring intrigue with no stakes being conveyed as worth my interest at any point. Are we supposed to LIKE any of theAlmost everything about this film is capable while doing its best to be absolutely unremarkable. Two and a half hours of boring intrigue with no stakes being conveyed as worth my interest at any point. Are we supposed to LIKE any of the characters, or care that they're at risk? Everyone involved are just so stilted and insufferable, and what actually is that soundtrack? It's like they scored a chain barbecue restaurant commercial but then realized they were actually doing a a thriller score and changed nothing. There are better things you can do with your time than watch this. I'm no Grisham fan so maybe everything was lost on me.… Expand

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