The Movie Bar, Episode 4: From the Hip Walks Into the Bar!

The Diad and Bedroth brave some Stormy Weathers in the 1987 comedy/drama(/thriller?) - as always, from the dual standpoints of casual moviegoer and legal expert.

The film, directed by Bob Clark from a screenplay by Clark and David E. Kelley, stars Judd Nelson as a fresh-faced, up-and-coming lawyer named Robin "Stormy" Weathers. After insinuating himself into a relatively minor assault case on behalf of the storied law firm where he works, Weathers displays an impressive (if unconventional) courtroom manner, ultimately winning what was thought to be an unwinnable case. This catapults the young lawyer to national acclaim and, somewhat begrudgingly to his superiors, to a role as partner in his firm. 

But when he is assigned his second case - one so impossible, representing a client so unsavory that his firm had initially turned it down - Robin begins to wonder if this is a storm he will be able to weather.

The film also features Ray Walston, Darren McGaven, Elizabeth Perkins, and, in the standout role as a prickly professor of English literature accused of murdering his mistress, John Hurt.

Does the film, like its protagonist, strike a unique and impressive tone, or does it end up biting off more than it can chew? Will it be found guilty of misrepresenting the legal profession? Join us at the bar and find out!

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