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  • 1998
  • R
  • Polygram Filmed Entertainment
  • 1 h 54 m
  • 1998
  • R
  • Polygram Filmed Entertainment
  • 1 h 54 m

Summary He knew the law, but he forgot the rules: Never get involved with a client. And never put your family in danger. Step into the courtly world of Savannah's top-tier law firms. Meet one of the brightest young stars of the bar, Rick Magruder (Branagh). And witness how his obsession with a beautiful, mysterious client (Davidtz), stalked by h...

Directed By: Robert Altman

Written By: John Grisham, Clyde Hayes

  • 1998
  • R
  • Polygram Filmed Entertainment
  • 1 h 54 m
  • 1998
  • R
  • Polygram Filmed Entertainment
  • 1 h 54 m

The Gingerbread Man

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
65
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary He knew the law, but he forgot the rules: Never get involved with a client. And never put your family in danger. Step into the courtly world of Savannah's top-tier law firms. Meet one of the brightest young stars of the bar, Rick Magruder (Branagh). And witness how his obsession with a beautiful, mysterious client (Davidtz), stalked by h...

Directed By: Robert Altman

Written By: John Grisham, Clyde Hayes

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Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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91
Branagh, chewing on a plummy Georgia accent, makes the divorced, boozing, and womanizing Magruder a smug yet touchingly vulnerable legal player.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
78
The most stylish and original John Grisham story on film.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
75
It's all atmospheric, quirky and entertaining: the kind of neo-noir in which old-fashioned characters have updated problems.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
70
Branagh is appealing here in the way we remember from movie heroes of the '30s: cynical, wisecracking and wised-up.
By Charles Taylor FULL REVIEW
67
The acting is also solid, starting with Branagh's believable Georgia accent.
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50
Between Magruder's oily schmoozing and the camera-ready combo of Spanish moss and constant rain, he and cinematographer Changwei Gu whip up some amazing atmosphere.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
40
Built on one of those particularly ludicrous plots in which, just before the end, we are meant to believe that a long succession of coincidences was really a diabolical scheme. [23 Feb 1998, p. 24]
By Stanley Kauffmann FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Enchanter Entertainment, Island Pictures
Release Date Jan 23, 1998
Duration 1 h 54 m
Rating R
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Tagline Based on an original story by John Grisham.
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