Best John Grisham Film Adaptation

Worst is a tie between the offensive A Time to Kill -- Mississippi Burning starring Matthew McConaughey covered in fake sweat -- and The Pelican Long, Very Long

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which one had gene hackman?

She's walkin' to the mailbox and she's expecting her Redbook, but instead she finds heartache, Mitch, the death of love and trust...

I saw either the Coppola or Altman, but I honestly can't remember which one; it didn't make much of an impression one way or the other. Don't remember much from The Pelican Brief, either, and The Chamber I didn't like. The Firm is good junk that I invariably start watching when I stumble over it on TV. It's the only film I can think of where the big climactic fireworks hinge on...photocopying.

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Off-topic, but good Grisham piece:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/12/john-grisham-guantanamo-bay-us-wrong?CMP=twt_gu

I think The Pelican Brief and The Firm have become almost comfort viewing for me since I posted 10 years ago. They're also--especially the first--perfect examples of that thing that came up on the 21st-century actors thread, films someone might watch solely for the performers (even though both have perfectly reputable directors, Alan J. Pakula and Sydney Pollack). I don't know whose smile is more overpowering in The Pelican Brief, Julia Roberts' or Denzel's; there's an unspoken "How good-looking are we?" every time they exchange glances, and it's both silly and pleasingly old-fashioned that they don't fall into bed. (Also sobering, but I'll leave the bigger question raised by that aside.) Sam Shepard also, and I go back to The Firm for early Tom Cruise, before he became a cartoon, and Holly Hunter.