Philadelphia
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Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
Released: 1993
Category: movie
Running time: 126 min
Language: English
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r96sk
Very good. I did think I'd enjoy <em>'Philadelphia'</em> much more though, solely based on who appears on the poster.
The performances of Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington are impressive enough, thou...
CinemaSerf
It's quite hard to overstate how significant this film was at a time when AIDS-driven homophobia was rife. Right from the outset with Bruce Springsteen's delicate opening ballad, this effectively coun...
Filipe Man...
**A dense, disturbing, difficult, but highly relevant film.**
Well, those who has the patience and charity to read what I write may have already realized that I'm not a big fan of overly militant f...
tmdb154355...
Compelling performances by both Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. And to think I almost didn't watch this because the poster doesn't look like Hanks......
Peter McGi...
Yet another of those movies I watched close to when it came out umpteen years ago, and only recently watched again.
For entertainment value, it hasn’t aged particularly well for me. I am not sure I...
John Chard
What do you love about the law, Andrew?
Andrew Beckett is a gay lawyer infected with AIDS, who in spite of being his law firm's rising star, is fired on a trumped up charge of negligence. Refusing ...
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