Picks and Pans Review: Philadelphia

UPDATED 12/27/1993 at 01:00 AM EST Originally published 12/27/1993 at 01:00 AM EST

What could have been a maudlin film about a bright young attorney (Tom Hanks) slowly dying of AIDS is transformed by fine acting and Jonathan Demme's deft direction into a subtle, moving—and at all times entertaining—human drama.

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