If you loved In the Valley of Elah, try The Client
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to In the Valley of Elah, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Client is
Memphis. Summer. A boy's bicycle skids. The lawyer whispers secrets, then a gunshot. Now the kid knows too much: the location of a body, a senator's fate. Feds want information; the mob wants silence. A John Grisham adaptation that actually works.
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