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The Rainmaker

PG-13
Movie
1997
2h 15m
English
Drama, Crime, Thriller
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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
7.3
IMDB
The Rainmaker (1997) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
77

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Matt Damon
Rudy Baylor
Claire Danes
Kelly Riker
Danny DeVito
Deck Shifflet
Jon Voight
Leo F. Drummond
Dean Stockwell
Judge Harvey Hale
Mickey Rourke
Bruiser Stone
Danny Glover
Richter Tyrone Kipler
Virginia Madsen
Jackie Lemancyzk
Randy Travis
Billy Porter
Roy Scheider
Wilfred Keeley
Red West
Buddy Black
Johnny Whitworth
Donny Ray Black
Andrew Shue
Cliff Riker
Teresa Wright
Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
Wayne Emmons
Prince Thomas
Michael Girardin
Everett Lufkin
Randall King
Jack Underhall
Justin Ashforth
F. Franklin Donaldson
Michael Keys Hall
B. Bobby Hall
James Cunningham
J. Michael Floquet
Frank Clem
Mr. Van Landel
Alan Woolf
Kermit Aldy
Sonny Shroyer
Delbert Birdsong
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
Written By: Francis Ford Coppola (Screenplay), Michael Herr (Screenplay), + 1 more

Featured Comments/Tips

the_guy_with_the_hat says...
13 years ago
a perfect court thriller. great story, a funnny devito and a clear message to all insurance companies and law firms... 9/10
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CptArius says...
8 years ago
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This movie made me a Matt Damon fan all over again. I think i will need to have a small specific actor binge. Great movie about drive and passion for good in cruel surroundings.
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siggi963 says...
a month ago
A great court movie with an A-class cast. Excellent entertainment.
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mroffbeat says...
3 years ago
Objection, leading… I must admit, humanity did learn something from a recent public trial. This movie still holds up, perfect for a rainy Sunday afternoon
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CONTAINS SPOILERS7/10  2 weeks ago
It is December 2024. Right now, the news is reporting on the recent assassination of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare - a company that reportedly using AI technology to deny claims of their customers.
The suspect is still at large - and to many, is a hero. Many people are sharing their stories of heada More
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IamDWG
4 weeks ago
I finally did it.

As a self-proclaimed dedicated fan of John Grisham, I've watched every single adaptation of his over the years. Sometimes, multiple rewatches ...save for one, The Rainmaker, which I neither read nor watched the adaptation. I'm not gonna lie and say there's a good reason for tha More
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Wuchak
6 years ago
‘Good lawyer’ is not an oxymoron

RELEASED IN 1997 and written & directed by Francis Ford Coppola based on John Grisham’s book, "The Rainmaker" stars Matt Damon as an idealistic newbie lawyer in Memphis who takes on a fraudulent insurance company with Danny DeVito as his paralegal and Claire More
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