Following legal advice he travels to Canada to sell a portion of the business to a large holding company and use the money to get back on his feet. Everything seems settled but then the deal stalls. Young lawyer Hal Dockins (Mamdou Athie) thinks they've used the process to assess the company's vulnerability to bankruptcy and are holding out to buy it after foreclosure.
Jerry is keen to sue over this sharp practice and Hal has an unusual suggestion. Instead of using their usual lead lawyer they should take on the flamboyant Willie E. Gary (Jamie Foxx) who's won dozens of high profile cases.
There's a problem though: Willie E. Gary doesn't practice contract law.
This is a flashback to 90s courtroom drama with a bit more of a social justice angle than they tended to have.
The contrast between Foxx's showman and the quiet dignified turn from Tommy Lee Jones is the core of it and everybody, especially Athie is great.
It follows all the usual conventions of this sort of thing but as it's a bit of a dead genre that is in this case a strength. You get a well crafted uplifting drama with no real surprises and sometimes this is what you want.
A comfy jumper of a movie. Recommended 7/10.