![Gene Hackman](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw200%2F%2FxPmETCv0APDoIK5CvIIJwbTcjPA.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.