Probably Unanswerable Questions
Did Avery die or kill himself? Did Mitch kick DeVasher to death? What happens to Lamar? What is the best Grisham movie?
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- Why Lamar is introduced as a big character, with the Heineken-and-sprinklers image, then vanishes; the answer offered is that the film is already too long, and he fits Cruise's pattern of a loser buddy sidekick.
- The best Grisham movie is called unanswerable: a sentimental favorite is The Client, another prefers A Time to Kill for Samuel L. Jackson, McConaughey's closing and evil Kiefer Sutherland; Ed Harris's bald look and the 'they don't own me' line lifted from Thief come up along the way.
- Earlier, whether the firm killed Avery or he killed himself was parked as an unanswerable question.
- Whether Mitch kicked DeVasher to death was debated during the Brimley section: he was probably groaning, with a concussion and broken ribs rather than dead.