Peter Yates’s direction holds this legal thriller together, even though the plot gets tangled up and the romance feels forced; it manages to be enjoyable thanks to solid work from both Cher and Dennis Quaid. **3.0/5**

Peter Yates is in the director’s chair, with Eric Roth responsible for the screenplay. The cast includes Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, and Joe Mantegna; Michael Kamen handled the music, and Billy Williams was the cinematographer. Cher portrays a public defender who must defend a deaf and mute homeless man facing a murder charge. This is a well-constructed courtroom drama that begins with a dramati…