Coppola, one of the greatest directors of all time, solely for bringing us "The Godfather", leaves most of his marks with lacking consistency. To make what many people would consider the greatest film or trilogy ever made and then have so much inconsistent films really makes me wonder.Coppola is responsible for bringing us "Apocalypse Now", one of the greatest war movie of all time. "The Godfather", the greatest real gangster movie of all time, "The Conversation", the greatest mystery, suspense, espionage film I can conjure... and then be the maker of mediocracy in "The Outsiders", "Bram Stroker's Dracula", and so many other films no one will have ever heard of just creates curiosity. Even the films he decided to produce, they have a large range of goodness.
The cast in "The Rainmaker" is led by Matt Damon and Danny DeVito. The other actors in the movie would make it more appealing by adding their names to the cover, but really don't add to what we see on the screen. Matt Damon is one of the best actors Hollywood has ever seen who can be rock solid and consistent in portraying a mediocre character in a mediocre way. I don;t want to say more than that about him, if you have seen anything staring Damon, you have seen his performance in everything (minus "Good Will Hunting"). Danny DeVito could be summed up in the exact same words, minus Good Will, and enter "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest".
This movie is your average, very average 90's drama. You get the big bad business man who takes advantage of the little innocent people and just before the big guy can win, in comes the hero to save the day... the end. Coppola needs to stay away from Grisham novels, and stick to what has worked the best for him... or just call it quits and we can soak up the greats.
"The Rainmaker"
6 / 10
