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About the Movie
Hailed as a landmark film that dazzles with deep emotion and exceptional acting, Philadelphia stars Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington as two competing lawyers who join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. And as their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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78%- Reviews Counted: 51
- Fresh: 40
- Rotten: 11
- Average Rating: 6.6/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: "Philadelphia" mostly succeeds in being forceful, impassioned and moving, sometimes even rising to the full range of emotion that its subject warrants. But too often, even at its most assertive, it works in safely predictable ways.
Fresh: [An] extremely well-made message picture about tolerance, justice and discrimination is pitched at mainstream audiences, befitting its position as the first major Hollywood film to directly tackle the disease.
Fresh: Philadelphia may not be the film Demme's fans expect--its emotionalism is unfiltered by cool. But it has the power to open more than a few blinkered hearts.
Rotten: This AIDS courtroom drama is so pumped full of nitrous oxide, you could get your teeth drilled on it.
Customer Reviews
Wonderful
I won't say this is the best movie ever however it is indeed a must see. Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington are spectacular, and the story is incredible, also the music in there is amazing I recomend you check out Philadelphia and Streets of Philadelphia in the soundtrack.
Philadelphia
This is a really great vehicle for all the stars. Dezell Washignton was outstanding as was Tom Hanks and the supporting cast. I have this as part of my collection and would have purchased it if iTunes had given me the option. I am really getting to the point of not wanting to open these tabs because of that. The company needs to rethink this policy. While it may allow greater consumer options, I doubt that but..., I dislike the lack of choice.
A movie that should be watched over and over again.
Gays are not to be scorned. Why? Because their people to. If you did not know or think of them as that, then you are sick and need help. I am not gay. I am straight. What makes me sick is when someone is homophobic (sorry if i spelled that wrong.) Homophobes, i want to ask you this: Why you be hatin'. Why? Because they like their own gender. They are no, I MEAN NO, different then us other then they like people of their own sex. If whoever is reading this is homophobic (again, sorry if I spelled that wrong.), change your veiws right now. If you agree, click yes. Now then, I shall decribe this beautiful film. I love love love love this film. Denzel Washington is favorite actor and he and Tom Hanks were right to star in this sad but hugely moving film. Denzel plays a homophobe lawyer who agrees to defend Hanks' Andrew Becket, a gay lawyer with AIDS who sues his firm because he feels they fired him based on his lethal diease. The ending is so so sad but a ending you accept fully because, hey, he has AIDS. (I did not ruin anything. To say i ruined the ending would be like saying there's fight scene in the matrix triology.) I love this movie and hope you will too.
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- Philadelphia (Music From the Motion Picture)
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