Although this "ripped from the headlines" story has a decided anti-big business bent to it, it is nonetheless a gripping, slow-burn thriller about one man's campaign to see justice done.
Mark Ruffalo is superb as a big city lawyer who takes on a small town class action lawsuit against Dow Chemical - jeopardizing his job, his marriage and even potentially his life. Supporting cast includes Tim Robbins and Anne Hathaway, but Ruffalo's restrained performance is the main event, here.
Reminds me of another finely etched role about a David fighting a Goliath, Michael Mann's excellent "The Insider" with Russell Crowe. Or, the similarly solid "A Civil Action" with John Travolta, and, of course the nearly peerless "Erin Brokovich" which won Julia Roberts her one and only Academy Award.
Hollywood loves it its David or Davida vs. Goliath stories, don't it?
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