The Firm (1993) Ratings: Genre 4/5 | Overall 3/5

Adapted from John Grisham’s novel of the same name The Firm is a riveting movie that has the right case and right flow. Keeping the suspense and thrill for later it starts calm and gradually develops is gripping limbs. 

Mitch (Tom Cruise) is a young Harvard graduated coming from a poor southern family. Working hard with ambition to reach his goals in life he accepts a job offer from a major law firm in the city. Overwhelmed by the instant financial status and the other facilities he receives from ‘the firm’ he doesn’t question anything. But after he was contacted by FBI and they unveil a dirty secret about the firm Mitch realize that he is in deep trouble and his life can turn to a nightmare in a split second.

There are several good things about The Firm. To start with Tom Cruise is in it. And then the plot is very good. It last good while it runs and hits a solid ending too. All of these makes a fine movie and for the viewers it’s a well enjoyable one.

The Firm is directed by the late Sydney Pollack. He was an Academy Award-winning director who directed and produced over 40 films. And The Firm is a memorable work from his time though it is not considered as his best.

Genre: Drama | Thriller | Mystery

Director: Sydney Pollack

This Boys Life (1993)

This is the beautifully crafted cinema adaptation of life story of the writer Tobias Wolff. And immediately you starts to fall in for the performance by the very young Leonardo Decaprio who I’m sure was not that commended at the time. This movie is a clear sign of him becoming one of the most talented actors in Hollywood today.

 

The story is good. It doesn’t lag or doesn’t dwell too much on any event but smoothly flows. The dream of escaping of a young boy who is abused by his step father is the whole fundamental that lies underneath. And that dream is quite well reserved till the end and the viewer solemnly wishes for the boy’s happiness. There are moments of stupidity, humor and above all despair that holds the movie well together. It’s not only a strong emotional drive. It’s more than that.

 

මෙය සුන්දරව සිනමාවට නැගුනු ටොබායස් වුල්ෆ් නමැති ඇමෙරිකානු ගත් කතුවරයාගේ ජීවිත කතාවයි. මුලින්ම ඔබ ඉතා බාල වියේ පසුවන අද සිනමාවේ දක්ෂම නළුවෙක් බවට පත් වී ඇති ලියනර්ඩෝ ඩි කැප්රියෝ ගේ රංගනයට මන බඳිනු ඇත. මේ චිත්‍රපටිය ඔහු යම් දිනෙක විශිෂ්ට නළුවෙක් බවට පත් වීමේ පෙර නිමිති මොනවට කියා පායි.

 

මෙහි කතාව හොඳය. එය ඉදිරිපත් කෙරෙන විලාශය අනුව කිසි විටෙක අනවශ්‍යය පමාවක් නොදැනෙයි. තම කුඩප්පාගේ ක්‍රියා කලාපය නිසා සිත් තැවුලට පත් දරුවෙක් එයින් මිදී පලා යාමට සිහින මැවීම තුලය් මෙහි කතාව ගෙතෙන්නේ. එම සිහිනය ඉතා හොඳින් චිත්‍රපටිය තුල ස්ථාපිත වන අතර ප්‍රේක්ෂකයා එම දරුවාගේ යහපත් අනාගතයක් පිලිබඳ සිහින මැවීමට පටන් ගනී. මෙහි ඇති මෝඩකම්, හාස්‍යය සහ ඒ සියල්ලට වඩා දැනෙන දුක්මුසු හැඟීම් තුලින් කතාව හොඳින් ගොඩ නැගෙයි. මෙය හුදෙක්ම දුක්බර කතාවක් පමණක් නොවෙයි. එය ඉන් ඔබ්බට ගිය එකක්.

 

I rate this 4/5

 

-Priyantha Bandara

 

This Boys Life (1993)

Drama | Biography

Synopsis: The story about the relationship between a rebellious 50s teenager and his abusive father, based on the memoirs of writer and literature professor Tobias Wolff. (IMDB)