Yes I believe there was justice in the film Civil Action, because the company was forced to pay and reconcile the families in the end. At the beginning of the film the company was very confident and was positive that they were goig to win or at the most offer a settlement. John Travolta's character proved them wrong by actually caring about the families and giving them everything that he had, even his forclosure on his house, which led to justice being served for the families and community.
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I also agree with teh fact taht John Travolta's cahracter in the end deeply cared for those kids and their poor families. It was no longer about how much the settlement was worth, he wanted to stop the pollution in the river that was affecting woober. Than you sam for bringing a new light to this subject.
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i totaly agree with the post you made sam. the only justic that wasnt searved was to travolta's law firm. i belive that since he truly want to help the kids' families that they should have returned the favor and used some of the settlment to save the law firm
I also agree that their was justice in this film. Even though Travoltas firm went bankrupt, which coincidentally is the opposite of justified, when he handed the case off to the government, they took it and ran with it. Not only did they get money from the corporation, they shut it down and made them clean the mess that they had caused.
Agreed. This shows the "good" side of Travolta and how he changes. Even tho the firm loses everything, this is basically how Trvolta apologizes to the families.
i totally agree with what you are saying becasue at the beginning Travolta is only in it for the money but progressing through the movie he feels what it is like for the families and changes and becomes less selfish.
you are all wrong. this movie is about the corruption of the legal system, not some little lawer's sacrifice. the director chose to use that sort of a charecter because he will arouse more sympathy. had both the defendant and prosecuter been corporations, the viewer would in no way sympathise with either of them and would therefore not draw the comclusion that either of them were wronged my the outcome of an unjust system.
I also think that John Travolta showed that he actually cares about the families that were hurt by the pollution.
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