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1998) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Adwokat (film 1998)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Civil_Action" title="A Civil Action – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="A Civil Action" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA_(%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC)" title="Гражданский иск (фильм) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гражданский иск (фильм)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li 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For the book, see <a href="/wiki/A_Civil_Action" title="A Civil Action">A Civil Action</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">A Civil Action</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Civil_Action_poster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6b/A_Civil_Action_poster.jpg/220px-A_Civil_Action_poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="325" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/A_Civil_Action_poster.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="384" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Zaillian" title="Steven Zaillian">Steven Zaillian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data">Steven Zaillian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Civil_Action" title="A Civil Action">A Civil Action</a></i><br />by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Harr" title="Jonathan Harr">Jonathan Harr</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Rudin" title="Scott Rudin">Scott Rudin</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a></li><li>Rachel Pfeffer</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Travolta" title="John Travolta">John Travolta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Duvall" title="Robert Duvall">Robert Duvall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gandolfini" title="James Gandolfini">James Gandolfini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Hedaya" title="Dan Hedaya">Dan Hedaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lithgow" title="John Lithgow">John Lithgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Macy" title="William H. Macy">William H. Macy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Quinlan" title="Kathleen Quinlan">Kathleen Quinlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Shalhoub" title="Tony Shalhoub">Tony Shalhoub</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Hall" title="Conrad Hall">Conrad L. Hall</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Wayne Wahrman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Elfman" title="Danny Elfman">Danny Elfman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Touchstone_Pictures" title="Touchstone Pictures">Touchstone Pictures</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wildwood_Enterprises,_Inc" title="Wildwood Enterprises, Inc">Wildwood Enterprises, Inc</a></li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Studios_Motion_Pictures" title="Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures">Buena Vista Pictures Distribution</a><br />(United States and Canada)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_International_Pictures" title="United International Pictures">United International Pictures</a> (International)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>December 25, 1998<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1998-12-25</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">115 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$75 million</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$56 million</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>A Civil Action</b></i> is a 1998 American <a href="/wiki/Legal_drama" title="Legal drama">legal drama film</a> directed and written by <a href="/wiki/Steven_Zaillian" title="Steven Zaillian">Steven Zaillian</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/John_Travolta" title="John Travolta">John Travolta</a> with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Duvall" title="Robert Duvall">Robert Duvall</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Gandolfini" title="James Gandolfini">James Gandolfini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Hedaya" title="Dan Hedaya">Dan Hedaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Lithgow" title="John Lithgow">John Lithgow</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_H._Macy" title="William H. Macy">William H. Macy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Quinlan" title="Kathleen Quinlan">Kathleen Quinlan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Shalhoub" title="Tony Shalhoub">Tony Shalhoub</a>. Based on <a href="/wiki/A_Civil_Action" title="A Civil Action">the 1995 book</a> by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Harr" title="Jonathan Harr">Jonathan Harr</a>, it tells the true story of a court case about environmental pollution that took place in <a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Woburn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> in the 1980s. The film and court case revolve around the issue of <a href="/wiki/Trichloroethylene" title="Trichloroethylene">trichloroethylene</a>, an industrial solvent, and its contamination of a local aquifer. A lawsuit was filed over industrial operations that appeared to have caused fatal cases of leukemia and cancer, as well as a wide variety of other health problems, among the citizens of the city. The case involved is <a href="/wiki/Anderson_v._Cryovac" class="mw-redirect" title="Anderson v. Cryovac"><i>Anne Anderson, et al., v. Cryovac, Inc., et al.</i></a>. The first <a href="/wiki/Law_report" title="Law report">reported</a> decision in the case is at 96 F.R.D. 431 (denial of defendants' motion to dismiss). Duvall was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor">Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor</a> for his performance. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Civil_Action_(film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Environmental toxicants in the city of <a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Woburn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, contaminate the area's water supply and become linked to a number of deaths of local children. Cocky <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> attorney Jan Schlichtmann and his small firm of <a href="/wiki/Personal_injury_lawyer" title="Personal injury lawyer">personal injury lawyers</a> are asked by Woburn resident Anne Anderson to take legal action against those responsible. After originally rejecting a seemingly unprofitable case, Jan finds a major <a href="/wiki/Environmental_issue" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental issue">environmental issue</a> involving groundwater contamination that has great legal potential and realizes the local <a href="/wiki/Tanning_(leather)" title="Tanning (leather)">tanneries</a> could be responsible for several deadly cases of <a href="/wiki/Leukemia" title="Leukemia">leukemia</a>. Jan decides to go forward against two giant corporations that own the tanneries—<a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Foods" title="Beatrice Foods">Beatrice Foods</a> and <a href="/wiki/W._R._Grace_and_Company" title="W. R. Grace and Company">W. R. Grace and Company</a>—thinking the case could possibly earn him millions of dollars and boost his firm's reputation. </p><p>Bringing a <a href="/wiki/Class_action" title="Class action">class action</a> lawsuit in federal court, Jan represents families who demand an apology and a clean up of contaminated areas. However, the case develops a life of its own and takes over the lives of Jan and his firm. The lawyers for Beatrice and Grace are not easy to intimidate, a judge makes a key ruling against the plaintiffs, and soon Jan and his partners find themselves in a position where their professional and financial survival has been staked on the outcome of the case. Jan stubbornly declines <a href="/wiki/Legal_settlement" class="mw-redirect" title="Legal settlement">settlement</a> offers, gradually coming to believe the case is about more than just money. He allows his pride to take over, making outrageous demands and deciding he must win at all costs. Pressures take their toll, with Jan and his partners going deeply into debt. </p><p>After a lengthy trial, the jury returns a verdict in favor of Beatrice after Jan turned down an offer of $20 million from Beatrice attorney Jerry Facher during jury deliberations. The plaintiffs are forced to accept a settlement with Grace that barely covers the expense involved in trying the case, leaving Jan and his partners broke. The families are deeply disappointed, and Jan's partners dissolve their partnership, effectively breaking up the firm. Jan ends up alone, living in a small apartment and running a small-time law practice. He manages to find the last key witness to the case but lacks resources and courage to <a href="/wiki/Appeal" title="Appeal">appeal</a> the judgment. The files are archived while Jan later files for <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a>. </p><p>A postscript reveals the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">EPA</a>, building on Jan's work on the case, later brought its own enforcement action against Beatrice and Grace, forcing them to pay millions to clean up the land and the groundwater. It takes Jan several years to settle his debts, and he now practices <a href="/wiki/Environmental_law" title="Environmental law">environmental law</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Civil_Action_(film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;min-width: min(25em, 100%);"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Travolta" title="John Travolta">John Travolta</a> as Jan Schlichtmann</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Duvall" title="Robert Duvall">Robert Duvall</a> as Jerry Facher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Macy" title="William H. Macy">William H. Macy</a> as James Gordon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Shalhoub" title="Tony Shalhoub">Tony Shalhoub</a> as Kevin Conway</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Quinlan" title="Kathleen Quinlan">Kathleen Quinlan</a> as Anne Anderson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%BDeljko_Ivanek" title="Željko Ivanek">Željko Ivanek</a> as Bill Crowley</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Norris_(playwright)" title="Bruce Norris (playwright)">Bruce Norris</a> as William Cheeseman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Jacobson" title="Peter Jacobson">Peter Jacobson</a> as Neil Jacobs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lithgow" title="John Lithgow">John Lithgow</a> as Judge Walter J. Skinner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Hedaya" title="Dan Hedaya">Dan Hedaya</a> as John Riley</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gandolfini" title="James Gandolfini">James Gandolfini</a> as Al Love</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Fry" title="Stephen Fry">Stephen Fry</a> as Dr. <a href="/wiki/George_F._Pinder" title="George F. Pinder">George F. Pinder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Pollack" title="Sydney Pollack">Sydney Pollack</a> as Al Eustis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Thornton_(actor)" title="David Thornton (actor)">David Thornton</a> as Richard Aufiero</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Patterson" title="Jay Patterson">Jay Patterson</a> as Geologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_von_Bargen" title="Daniel von Bargen">Daniel von Bargen</a> as Mr. Granger</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ben-Victor" title="Paul Ben-Victor">Paul Ben-Victor</a> as Bobby Pasqueriella</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Eisenberg" title="Ned Eisenberg">Ned Eisenberg</a> as Uncle Pete</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Mara" title="Mary Mara">Mary Mara</a> as Kathy Boyer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Dowse" title="Denise Dowse">Denise Dowse</a> as Judge Constance Mullen</li></ul></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Bates" title="Kathy Bates">Kathy Bates</a> appears in an uncredited cameo in the final scene as the judge overseeing Jan's bankruptcy hearing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filming">Filming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Civil_Action_(film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The movie was shot in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston, Massachusetts</a>; <a href="/wiki/Dedham,_Massachusetts" title="Dedham, Massachusetts">Dedham, Massachusetts</a>; <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Plain,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts">Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts</a>; <a href="/wiki/Waltham,_Massachusetts" title="Waltham, Massachusetts">Waltham, Massachusetts</a>; <a href="/wiki/Northbridge,_Massachusetts" title="Northbridge, Massachusetts">Northbridge, Massachusetts</a>; <a href="/wiki/Palmer,_Massachusetts" title="Palmer, Massachusetts">Palmer, Massachusetts</a>; <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>; <a href="/wiki/Boston_Public_Garden" title="Boston Public Garden">Boston Public Garden</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Beacon_Hill,_Boston" title="Beacon Hill, Boston">Beacon Hill, Boston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The casting company hired many factory workers as extras for the film.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Civil_Action_(film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_office">Box office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Civil_Action_(film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Box office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite showing promise on its initial limited release,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>A Civil Action</i> was a box office failure on wide release, earning a domestic gross of $56 million against its $75 million budget. The film was released in competition with a number of films that became hits, earning between $120 and $290 million each, including <i><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_Love" title="Shakespeare in Love">Shakespeare in Love</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Prince_of_Egypt" title="The Prince of Egypt">The Prince of Egypt</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Insurrection" title="Star Trek: Insurrection">Star Trek: Insurrection</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Got_Mail" title="You've Got Mail">You've Got Mail</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Stepmom_(1998_film)" title="Stepmom (1998 film)">Stepmom</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Patch_Adams_(film)" title="Patch Adams (film)">Patch Adams</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reception">Reception</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Civil_Action_(film)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Civil_Action_(film)&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2019</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, <i>A Civil Action</i> has an approval rating of 63% based on reviews from 72 critics. The site's consensus called the film "Intelligent and unconventional."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, the film has a score of 68 out of 100, based on reviews from 26 critics.<sup id="cite_ref-metacritic_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metacritic-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Audiences surveyed by <a href="/wiki/CinemaScore" title="CinemaScore">CinemaScore</a> gave the film a grade B on scale of A to F.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a></i> gave the film three and a half out of 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Massachusetts">General information</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Woburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts#History" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts#Groundwater_contamination_incident" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Groundwater contamination incident</a> <ul><li><i>A Civil Action</i>: <a href="/wiki/A_Civil_Action" title="A Civil Action">book</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">film</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts#Demographics" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts#Geography" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts#Economy" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Economy</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Benjamin_Thompson_House-Count_Rumford_Birthplace" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Thompson House-Count Rumford Birthplace">Benjamin Thompson House — Count Rumford Birthplace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Burial_Ground_(Woburn,_Massachusetts)" title="First Burial Ground (Woburn, Massachusetts)">First Burial Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Congregational_Church_in_Woburn" class="mw-redirect" title="First Congregational Church in Woburn">First Congregational Church in Woburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack%27s_Diner" title="Jack's Diner">Jack's Diner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_Canal" title="Middlesex Canal">Middlesex Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winn_Memorial_Library" title="Winn Memorial Library">Winn Memorial Library / Woburn Public Library</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts#Education" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Woburn_Memorial_High_School" title="Woburn Memorial High School">Woburn Memorial High School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Acoustics" title="Boston Acoustics">Boston Acoustics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brannen_Brothers" title="Brannen Brothers">Brannen Brothers Flutemakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monotype_Imaging" title="Monotype Imaging">Monotype Imaging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-Turn_Audio" title="U-Turn Audio">U-Turn Audio</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts#Transportation" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Transportation and<br />geographical landmarks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberjona_River" title="Aberjona River">Aberjona River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horn_Pond_(Massachusetts)" title="Horn Pond (Massachusetts)">Horn Pond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Cummings_Park" title="Mary Cummings Park">Mary Cummings Park</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="MBTA_stations60" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority" title="Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority">MBTA</a> stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_Regional_Transportation_Center" title="Anderson Regional Transportation Center">Anderson RTC</a></li> <li>Cross Street <i>(closed 1981)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lechmere_Warehouse_(MBTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lechmere Warehouse (MBTA station)">Lechmere Warehouse</a> <i>(closed 1996)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mishawum_(MBTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mishawum (MBTA station)">Mishawum</a> <i>(limited service)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woburn_(MBTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Woburn (MBTA station)">Woburn</a> <i>(closed 1981)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Publications</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Times_Chronicle" title="Daily Times Chronicle">Daily Times Chronicle</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts#Notable_residents" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Notable 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Clarke">Herbert L. Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Convers" title="Edward Convers">Edward Convers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_J._Coyne" title="Christopher J. Coyne">Christopher J. Coyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Cutter" title="Benjamin Cutter">Benjamin Cutter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Doherty_(first_baseman)" title="John Doherty (first baseman)">John Doherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_A._Donovan" title="Carol A. Donovan">Carol A. Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_J._Dwyer" title="James J. Dwyer">James J. 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