Adapted from Jonathan Harr's 1995 non-fiction best-seller, this is a deadly serious legal thriller -- it's also a deadly bore.
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This review of A Civil Action (1998) was written by Susan Granger and published by rec.arts.movies.reviews on 01 Jan 2000.
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