Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Grade: B+
Considering the fact that I am not that much of a fan of other film adaptations of John Grisham books, or of courtroom dramas in general, I can assure you that I did not have that much expectations when I sat down to watch the Rainmaker. I decided to give the movie a second chance after I read the credits on the back of the cover for the DVD, reading that the director was none other than Francis Ford Coppola, who is one of my favorite movie directors. This is the third John Grisham film adaptation I have seen, the other two being the Pelican Brief and the Client, both of which I awarded only a C- rating because, although I thought they served as thought-out, complex thrillers, they were also overlong, poorly paced and lacked decent entertainment value, which should be the first goal any movie sets to achieve, even if I can find a few exceptions in a few films. The Rainmaker is not only easily the best of the John Grisham film adaptations, but it’s a very entertaining film that explains some of the harsh but all too real elements of domestic abuse going on in our world: and explains this course of action via moments of simple but funny humor, and other moments of hard drama. In other words, there are moments where the Rainmaker capitalizes upon humor that makes us laugh, and can then abruptly change to the real drama that prevails over the course of the film. Briskly paced, well-casted and thoroughly entertaining, the Rainmaker is an all too fine example of moviemaking quality of the highest entertainment value.
B+
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