The Paper Chase
1973
| Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: October 16, 1973 |
Starring:
Craig Richard Nelson, David Clennon, Edward Herrmann, Graham Beckel, James Naughton, John Houseman, Lenny Baker, Lindsay Wagner, Robert Lydiard, Timothy Bottoms
Summary:
A first-year law student at Harvard Law School struggles with balancing his coursework and his relationship with the daughter of his sternest professor.
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What's best about the movie is that it considers interesting adults--young and old--in an intelligent manner. After it's over we almost feel relief; there are so many movies about clods reacting moronically to romantic and/or violent situations. But we hardly ever get movies about people who seem engaging enough to spend half an hour talking with (what would you say to Charles Bronson?). Here's one that works.
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The Paper Chase has some great performances, literate screenwriting, sensitive direction and handsome production. Timothy Bottoms is excellent as the puzzled law student, Lindsay Wagner is very good as his girl, and John Houseman, the veteran legit and film producer-director-writer, is outstanding as a hard-nosed but urbane law professor.
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The picture, written and directed by James Bridges, tries to be thoughtful and provocative, but it has nothing to say.
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