Movie Review/Law

Movie Review/Law

Name of the Movie: Philadelphia

Year of release: 1993

Brief overview of movie

Andrew Beckett is an ambitious young lawyer at a large law firm in Philadelphia. His superiors put the world of him and his skills and plan to make him a partner in the firm. Two facts, however, Beckett reserves for itself: firstly, he is a homosexual, secondly, he is HIV infected. As show, the first traces of AIDS, which affects only salient feature gay men, Beckett because of fake business offenders will be dismissed. Beckett suggested that it was merely because of his sexual orientation for most of the other partners become morally unacceptable, and would like his former employer because of this discrimination to sue for damages. His parents and siblings, from whom he has no secrets, are, while behind him. Looking for a lawyer, but he comes to a broad opposition. His last hope is Joe Miller, whom he had met previously in a civil case as a lawyer for the opposing side. But Miller wants Beckett not originally represented. He makes no secret of his dislike of homosexuals, and especially against AIDS, particularly since he is afraid to put himself and his newborn baby close. But as Miller a few days later by chance in the library of the Faculty of Law witnessed Beckett, who is determined to defend its action, if necessary, wade alone, because of his illness, discriminated against and marginalized, will he start first timidly and dubiously to reconsider its opinion, taking but then the first party for him. Miller is clearly appalled by the behavior of others towards the now visible with AIDS and Beckett. His humanity ultimately wins his prejudices, which are condemned for himself in the further course of action completely incomprehensible and him, and together Miller and Beckett go ...