Is The Firm easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Firm end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Firm

Name: The Firm
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1993
Duration: 154 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, Terry Kinney

Power can be murder to resist.

Directed by Sydney Pollack

Produced by Mirage Enterprises, Paramount Pictures

1993154 min6.7 / 10

A taut legal thriller about a young lawyer trapped between a corrupt law firm and the FBI, forced to navigate impossible choices with his marriage and life at stake.

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...

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Questions people ask

Is The Firm easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The Firm scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Does The Firm end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is The Firm sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is The Firm violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.