The Rainmaker

1997

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

50
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 82450 82.5K

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Plot summary

When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.


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Matt Damon as Rudy Baylor
Virginia Madsen as Jackie Lemancyzk
Claire Danes as Kelly Riker
Danny DeVito as Deck Shifflet
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lastliberal 8 / 10

Do not compare to the book.

Readers are usually disappointed when a favorite book is translated to film. If you are looking for a Grisham thriller here, you will be disappointed. But, if you are looking for a courtroom drama with a great cast, then this is a great film.

Matt Damon shines as Rudy, recently out of law school, who sets up an office with Deck Schifflet (Danny DeVito) who is still trying to pass his bar exam. He also finds a place to stay with Miss Birdie (Teresa Wright) who has hired him to handle her estate papers.

Rudy is drawn to the plight of Kelly (Claire Danes), a working-class girl whose husband has battered her with a baseball bat. But the real drama is centered on Great Benefit, an insurance company that has refused to pay a claim of one of its policy holders.

Dot Black (Mary Kay Place) whose son is dying of leukemia is suing the company for denying her claim. In the courtroom, the unpolished Rudy is forced to square off against Leo F. Drummond (Jon Voight), a corporate lawyer who knows all the tricks of the trade. This David versus Goliath battle is well worth watching.

Damon, De Vito and Voight, along with Claire Danes and Danny Glover shine in this film.

So, forget the book and enjoy a great film.

Reviewed by classicsoncall 9 / 10

"There's nothing more thrilling than nailing an insurance company!"

When you consider what freshly minted attorney Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) accomplished taking on a mega-insurance company and it's coterie of hired gunslinger lawyers, the story isn't very believable, but it works on screen due to the talents of multiple players. Danny DeVito is particularly effective as a street smart para lawyer, a term I never heard before but it seemed to fit his role in the story. The thing is, you expected him to be a sleaze ball throughout the picture, but he surprises when the chips are down with an occasional spark of humanity.

Besides the main plot of an insurance company failing to provide for the family of a doomed leukemia patient, there's a side story involving Damon's character protecting a young woman from an abusive husband. I'd have to say that Rudy Baylor's close quarters battle with Cliff Riker (Andrew Shue) would qualify for one of my Top 10 Movie Western brawls of all time if set in a different genre. One of the best and most destructive I've ever seen on screen.

Given his more conservative political views, I was surprised a bit to see Jon Voight cast as the sleazy corporate attorney Leo F. Drummond, surprised I guess that he would take on such a role. But after all, it is only a movie role, and his presence adds solidity to the story. What I thought the screen writers could have done a better job with was Drummond's closing argument on the case, which called for fairness by not awarding an exorbitant judgment to the plaintiff. Because that's all he had, I wasn't surprised that the jury came in with a significant punitive damage decision.

Coming as late as I did to this film, Matt Damon struck me as exceedingly young, but it's over two decades since the film came out (as I write this). If you missed out like I did when it was current, you'll do yourself a service to take this one in as both a human interest story and compelling courtroom drama. Even the minor players contribute exceptionally well in this finely crafted story based on the John Grisham novel.

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 7 / 10

Great talents in solid court drama

Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) is fresh out of law school. He has no family, or any connections. He starts to work for notorious lawyer Bruiser Stone (Mickey Rourke), and with street smart Deck Shifflet (Danny DeVito) who can't pass the bar. They take on a case against a health insurance company who refuses a claim from a seriously sick boy. Meanwhile, he falls for Kelly Riker (Claire Danes) who is in constant fear of her abusive husband.

This is a simple David vs Galioth story from the pen of John Grisham and the directing skills of Francis Ford Coppola. There are big time talents involve in this. Matt Damon is superb in the boyish charm department. Danny DeVito likewise is superb. The acting in this movie is top notch. However the Claire Danes battered wife storyline is too simple and too separate. It doesn't really connect with the rest of the movie. The romance seems to be sidelined in importance and short shrifted. It needs more attention. On the other hand, the courtroom drama has good fun and good tension.

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