Criminal Law (1989)
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33% of critics liked it
(9 reviews) -
33% of users liked it
(934 ratings)
A successful defense attorney in Boston (Gary Oldman) finds that success has its price when one of the defendants he got acquitted (Kevin Bacon) resumes the killing spree he had started before being accused. ~ John Bush, Rovi
- Directed By
- Martin Campbell
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Apr 28, 1989 Wide
- On DVD
- Jun 12, 2007
- Studio
- HBO Video
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The pretentious psychological thriller has nothing worth saying about the American criminal justice system.
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Clint Morris, Moviehole
Oldman's good, and Bacon's bad? Yeah, you know you want to see that
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Worth seeing for for the leading-man role reversal ... plus it's always great to see Bacon play a bastard.
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Cast
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Gary Oldman
as Ben Chase
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Kevin Bacon
as Martin Thiel
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Karen Young
as Ellen Faulkner
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Joe Don Baker
as Detective Mesel
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Tess Harper
as Detective Stillwell
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Ron Lea
as Gary Hull
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Karen Woolridge
as Claudia Curwen
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Elizabeth Sheppard
as Dr. Sybil Thiel
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Michael Sinelnikoff
as Prof. Clemens
- Terence Labrosse
- Tyrone Benskin
- Ali Giron
- Karen Wooldridge
- Sean McCann
