A Civil Action Movie Review

Decent Essays
“A Civil Action” is a based on a true event movie taken place in 1980s. The movie is about a water contamination case in Woburn, Massachusetts. The event starts after Anna Anderson child died from a disease called leukemia and Anderson’s neighbors children also fell ill. Anna Anderson eventually gathered the families and called Jan Schlichtmann, a lawyer, for succor. At first Jan did not want to take the case on based on a recondite evidence and defendant. Afterward, Jan found evidences from Mr.Love, an employee, about the dumping of trichloroethylene (TCE) into the water source of the town by the two companies named Beatrice and Grace, the case became a prodigious profit for Jan Schlichtman. Moreover, wanting to win the case, Jan spend lavishly

Related Documents

  • Decent Essays

    The film "A Civil Action" addresses an issue in Woburn, Massachusetts. Anne Anderson, as well as seven other families, have had they're children pass away from leukemia brought on by alleged "chemical contamination" of the town's water supply. Anderson looks for help by a lawyer by the name of Schlichtmann[1]. Schlichtmann finds evidence suggesting trichloroethylene contamination of the town's water supply [1]. The defendants of the case were W.R. Grace and Beatrice Foods.…

    • 155 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Was the Verdict correct? Although the trial ends with a verdict of not guilty, it is not made clear whether or not Steve was completely innocent. I believe, that Steve didn’t take part in the murder or the crime based off of evidence in the story. First of all, Steve Harman is scared to death of jail.…

    • 473 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The movie “Our America” there has been a lot of differences and similarities in the book and in the movie. In the book and the movie they have different plots,characters and other things. In the movie and the book the main differences and similarities is in the book David Isay did not have a big role in the book and there were different events that occurred. First,One difference from the movie to the book was David Isay did not have a big role in the book.…

    • 374 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    According to oxforddictionaries.com nonviolence is defined as the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change. In both the film Selma and Book One and Two of March, nonviolence became an important tactic that was used during the Civil Rights Movement. It was applied to hopefully eradicate the evil that the African Americans faced: the evil of racism.…

    • 738 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Movie Response: Separate and Unequal The documentary Separate and Unequal focus on creation of St.George on East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The creation of St.George district becomes controversial because of the impact of racial and economic diversity in the local community. A group of predominantly white upper-middle class parents decide to create its own city and school district called St.George. Those who support St.George argue that the creation of the district is to have smaller communities that are directly connected to the school system.…

    • 822 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The film A Civil Action is based on a true story about Jan Schlichtmann, a lawyer, who is fighting for a non profitable case. The case involves a water contamination issue in, a river that left families with leukemia. Anne Anderson reached out to Schlichtmann in the beginning of the movie with a concern about an environmental issue, in the interest of, she believes it lead to her son's death. While Schlichtmann was investing the matter, he found out that six barrels of toxic waste were found in the river from two large corporations, W.R Grace and Beatrice causing contamination. The companies then argue that the pollution cannot be proven.…

    • 206 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    American Promise is a documentary film that captures the experiences of Idris Brewster and Seun Summers two middle-class African American boys from Brooklyn. Recorded over the span of thirteen years, this film chronicles their journeys at the Dalton School, one of the most prestigious private schools in the US. While this documentary raises serious concerns and challenges to the widely held American Dream, it presents us with a much needed insight on the realities of class, race, and opportunity in America. Filmed by Idris’ parents, Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson, the documentary begins with Idris and Seun entering the Dalton School, a prestigious, historically white private school located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan (alumni include…

    • 1137 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Biographies have existed for centuries, in which they describe the life and story of a person who once lived. Normally, these are written in the form of a book. However, in today’s time, many are interpreted into a different form of media, in which several films nowadays are those of a biopic, a biographical film. “Straight Outta Compton” is a biopic from 2015 that talks about the career of the hip-hop artists of NWA, Niggas with Attitude- Ice Cube, Easy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, and DJ Yella. The release of the film “Straight Outta Compton” allowed many different depictions and interpretations to arise, focusing on its culture and music.…

    • 1679 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Verdict, starring Paul Newman, portrays legal ethics and justice in a troublesome yet intriguing light. This touching story had its complexities in various forms. There were ethical violations, laws broken and personal values being challenged. It shed light on how discrepancies in the healthcare system can cause a life, and how law in the justice system can easily work for you or against you. One can gain immense perspective after watching this film on how brutal and cutthroat the justice system can be.…

    • 753 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Mississippi Burning takes place in the 60s and there was a great lack of justice back then. White people judged the black people by the color of their skin and the police department was corrupt. Another theme in the movie could also be friendship, because of the main characters’, Ward and Anderson, development of their friendship. In the beginning of the movie it is not easy for them to work as a team, mainly because they are from different places and have different opinions on how to solve the case. Throughout the movie they get to know each other better and actually end up calling each other by their first name.…

    • 1099 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Signs Film Review

    • 810 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Signs, a movie written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan focuses on the loss of faith within the protagonist, Graham Hess and how he is brought back to it. Although, it seems as if there are two separate storylines, the two eventually intersect to help Graham become a believer again. The movie opens with the serene farmhouse where Graham Hess, his two children Bo and Morgan, and his brother Merrill live.…

    • 810 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    “NTGUILTY” I’ve always been intrigued by thrilling scenes and suspenseful moments in the movies I watch and grown to love. The Lincoln Lawyer is no exception. The Lincoln Lawyer is in a genre that truly speaks to me. The Lincoln Lawyer is a crime, drama, and thriller film starring Mick Haller played by Matthew McConaughey, a defensive lawyer who represents low life criminals, drug dealers, con artists, and call girls.…

    • 1533 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    According to several online sites, a whistleblower is defined as a person/persons who may or may not be an employee of a categorical company, firm, or corporation, and/or government entity, and reports, as an insider who assimilates erudition of, the misconducts or illicit activities which they have found occurring within the organization (Investopedia). In the film, "The Whistleblower,” predicated on a true story, is a movie exhibiting the issues of sexual trafficking in Bosnia. The actress, Rachel Weisz, plays as a police officer, from Nebraska, who takes on the adscititious position of peacekeeper in order to make extra money while doing a short term tour within the Balkans. However, she discovers that ethnic tensions have caused local cops…

    • 774 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Movie Review – The Help ENGL – 201 October 4, 2012 “The Help” based on a best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett, a story of three women who take extraordinary risk in writing a novel based on the stories from the view of black maids and nannies. Set in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s, a young girl sets out to change the town. Skeeter, who is 21 years old, white, educated from Ole Miss, dreams of becoming a journalist. She returns home to find the family maid, Constantine, gone and no one will explain to her what happened. Skeeter acquires a job as a columnist for the local paper at the being of the movie.…

    • 674 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays