Sam Shepard

Lucas insists, "I just don't think war should become some kind of video game." Too late.

In the film's best scene, Roth interrogates Lange about potatoes. Unfortunately such moments are rare.

You'd think that Pakula would be just the man to tease the intellectual and emotional depth out of a Grisham potboiler, but you'd be wrong.

This material...isn't deceptively simple: it's just simple.