The Rainmaker1

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…from Mary Kay Place as the tough-minded mother of the stricken victim, to Danny DeVito as Rudy's assistant, a would-be attorney who has failed the bar six times and refers to himself as ''a paralawyer.'' Even the usually self-indulgent Mickey Rourke makes a good showing as Rudy's oily boss. The Rainmaker isn't a great movie, but it's an involving and compelling one. Given the weakness of the short material, that's nothing short of miraculous.