If this were a magazine article about an attorney with determination, then it would doubtless be well worth reading. As a piece of cinema, however it's dry and procedural. Albeit Judy Wood (Michelle Monaghan) is qualified, it has a little of the "Erin Brockovitch" (2000) about it initially - a lawyer taking on the establishment in the face of a preoccupied boss, family pressures and a system that seems to be hard-wired against her. This, however, just lacks any of the charm, charisma - personality of that feature. It's an heart-rending story of young Afghan girl Asafa (Leem Lubany) beaten and raped by the police at home before coming to America and fighting that system to avoid deportation - but it is almost entirely free of emotion or humanity to encourage us to empathise with her plight. Whilst I felt sorry for Asafa, I can't say this film made me feel anything personal for her - it comes across as just another swipe at the US judicial process that always seems - in media depictions, anyway - to fail most of the needy, most of the time...

Its a tv-movie production on people of different reasons seeking political asylum in the u.s.a.. its also a biographical flick about judy woods, an l.a. based lawyer, and her way into this trade of justice.

its a typical lawywer client judge courtroom film, that at the end ends very well, and its solely made to show that there are hope. technically its ok but no more than that.

its a film that should fit everyone who likes courtsoaps etcetera, nothing extravagant, but a good watch while waiting for your favourite show,thinks the grumpy old man.

Well thought out,well dramatized story that needs to be told. Good acting by Michelle Monaghan.