The movie starts out with an over voice of John Travolta, talking about the perfect victim of winning a civil insurance court case. He starts out as a greedy lawyer, only in it for the money but becomes a kind-hearted person and tries to win the case for the families. Here’s a little something on the movie.

The movie co-stars John Travolta and Robert Duvall as the leaders of two opposing legal teams. At issue are the deaths by leukemia of 12 children. Travolta's argument is that the deaths were the result of pollution by two large corporation, W.R. Grace and Beatrice. Duvall, working for Beatrice, argues that neither the pollution nor its results can be proven. He also angles to separate Beatrice from its bedmate, Grace, correctly perceivi

Thus it makes sense to cast an actor with the talent of a finger puppet to play the lead role of attorney Jan Schlichtmann, which explains how John Travolta got the job. Schlichtmann takes on the case thinking that, as usual, he'll put his ego to work on it and walk away with an easy victory. Unfortunately, things don't quite work out that way: He runs his firm right into the ground and nearly drives his partners (Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy) insane trying to prove the case winnable.

Supposedly, Schlichtmann learns the importance of his humanity by the end of the film. If Travolta didn't have the acting range of an sedated chimp, Zaillian might have succeeded in delineating the gulf between justice and the law. As it is, we get to watch Travolta prance around in an Armani jacket for two hours, and try to solve a crime that just doesn’t seem to work for him. All in all the movie had a good idea, but the plot was dead and not much else happens.

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