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      From the Hip

      PG Released Feb 6, 1987 1 hr. 50 min. Comedy Drama List
      30% 23 Reviews Tomatometer 60% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Attorney Robin "Stormy" Weathers (Judd Nelson) engages in some outrageous courtroom antics in order to get a bank president acquitted of assault charges. Stormy's performance is so impressive that he's then promoted to partner in his firm. But his next case is defending Douglas Benoit (John Hurt), a professor who is accused of killing a prostitute with a hammer. Stormy struggles with the case and his belief that Benoit is a raving lunatic, a danger to society and guilty of the murder. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jan 24 Buy Now

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      From the Hip finds Judd Nelson flexing previously unseen acting muscles, but this legal comedy is too grating to pass the bar.

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      G. W Very unpredictable and very good! We Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/15/23 Full Review Bert K Not high cima, but it has fun moments, and both Judd Nelson and John Hurt put in solid performances. The cocky young attorney suddenly finds himself in amd moral and ethical dilemma. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/09/23 Full Review Steve D Gets old fast and its understanding of the law is the only thing that is laughable. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/15/23 Full Review scott m Bob Clark is one of my favorite 80's directors. He directed Porky's, A Christmas Story, Turk 182!, and this film. And while it's really only another court room drama, I've always enjoyed it. John Hurt is wonderful as the psychotic, and Judd Nelson does a good enough job to make the movie work. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Almost totally implausible, yet still somewhat enjoyable on a turn-off-your-brain level. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member What of the best classic lawyer movies! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune It's a fairly good film of fits and starts. Rated: 2.5/4 Sep 25, 2021 Full Review Joe Pollack St. Louis Post-Dispatch The courtroom shenanigans have absolutely no basis in reality, and while they're occasionally entertaining, they're mostly as overdone and tasteless as the action in Clark's other films. Sep 25, 2021 Full Review Patrick Goldstein Los Angeles Times It's such an embarrassingly lame comedy that you could easily imagine some mischievous attorney filing suit -- for defamation of the entire profession. Sep 25, 2021 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com …From the Hip is a wildly problematic film that never tonally matches the light central performance to the serious story… Rated: 3/5 Apr 3, 2023 Full Review George Williams Sacramento Bee The flow of obnoxious silliness starts in the first 10 minutes. It's relentless, and you have wonder early why $10 million was spent in making the movie, and why the filmmakers invested two years of their lives on it. Rated: 1/4 Sep 25, 2021 Full Review Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant A rather preposterous courtroom comedy graced with a touch of class by John Hurt's masterly performance as the accused murderer. Rated: 1/4 Sep 25, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Attorney Robin "Stormy" Weathers (Judd Nelson) engages in some outrageous courtroom antics in order to get a bank president acquitted of assault charges. Stormy's performance is so impressive that he's then promoted to partner in his firm. But his next case is defending Douglas Benoit (John Hurt), a professor who is accused of killing a prostitute with a hammer. Stormy struggles with the case and his belief that Benoit is a raving lunatic, a danger to society and guilty of the murder.
      Director
      Bob Clark
      Screenwriter
      David E. Kelley, David E. Kelley, Bob Clark
      Production Co
      De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Feb 6, 1987, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 6, 2014
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $7.0M
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