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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Judd and Freeman previously worked together on ''Film/KissTheGirls''.
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* TheFilmOfTheBook: Based on Joseph Finder's novel of the same name.
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A 2002 American Legal Thriller directed by Creator/CarlFranklin that has a lawyer's (Creator/AshleyJudd) husband (Creator/JimCaviezel) being arrested for multiple murders and she works to defend him in court.
The movie also stars Creator/MorganFreeman, Creator/AdamScott, Creator/AmandaPeet, Creator/BruceDavison, Creator/MichaelGaston, Creator/TomBower, Creator/JudeCiccolella, Creator/EmilioRivera, Creator/MichaelShannon, Creator/PaulaJaiParker, and Creator/DawnHudson.
It was released on April 5, 2002.
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!Tropes for the film:
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Claire seeks someone known as one of the best military lawyers to defend her husband, who's been accused of war crimes. She finds him living in a ramshackle house, watching daytime television and struggling with alcoholism. Yet he's sharp as a tack and successfully gets her husband acquitted.
* ClearMyName: [[spoiler:Subverted in that the accused is actually guilty]].
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Tom and Claire have been trying for a baby for a while and Claire finally gets pregnant, but miscarries the baby following an ambush attack on her car. [[spoiler:In a TwistEnding, Tom turns out to have been the killer all along after Claire spent the entire movie trying to exonerate him from the massacre of village peasants in El Salvador. Tom is killed by the El Salvadorian witness to the crimes]]. This means that Claire [[spoiler:doesn't have to raise a baby alone and also doesn't have to raise a baby who will remind her of her husband's crimes and betrayal, in a bittersweet way]].
* {{Tagline}}: "Everything you trust. Everything you know. May be a lie...".
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The movie also stars Creator/MorganFreeman, Creator/AdamScott, Creator/AmandaPeet, Creator/BruceDavison, Creator/MichaelGaston, Creator/TomBower, Creator/JudeCiccolella, Creator/EmilioRivera, Creator/MichaelShannon, Creator/PaulaJaiParker, and Creator/DawnHudson.
It was released on April 5, 2002.
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!Tropes for the film:
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Claire seeks someone known as one of the best military lawyers to defend her husband, who's been accused of war crimes. She finds him living in a ramshackle house, watching daytime television and struggling with alcoholism. Yet he's sharp as a tack and successfully gets her husband acquitted.
* ClearMyName: [[spoiler:Subverted in that the accused is actually guilty]].
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Tom and Claire have been trying for a baby for a while and Claire finally gets pregnant, but miscarries the baby following an ambush attack on her car. [[spoiler:In a TwistEnding, Tom turns out to have been the killer all along after Claire spent the entire movie trying to exonerate him from the massacre of village peasants in El Salvador. Tom is killed by the El Salvadorian witness to the crimes]]. This means that Claire [[spoiler:doesn't have to raise a baby alone and also doesn't have to raise a baby who will remind her of her husband's crimes and betrayal, in a bittersweet way]].
* {{Tagline}}: "Everything you trust. Everything you know. May be a lie...".
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