When something looks too good to be true, it usually isn’t. This is the lesson learned by the protagonist of *The Firm*, 1993 legal thriller produced and directed by Sydney Pollack. The film is based on the best-selling novel by John Grisham. The plot begins at Harvard Law School where the protagonist Mitch McDeere (played by Tom Cruise) is just about to graduate and, as such, becomes highly sought talent for variou…



