You could do much worse than re-adapting a best-selling novel whose critiques of predatory health insurance suits have only grown more relevant since it was published.

Back in 1997, John Grisham’s best-selling legal thriller The Rainmaker was previously made into a well-received (if somewhat underrated) Francis Ford Coppola film starring Matt Damon.

At the time, it was following on the heels of other buzzy ’90s Grisham adaptations, from The Pelican Brief to The Client. These days, Paramount is pulling from its existing IP library to pad out USA’s scripted storytelling. Unfortunately, the latest Rainmaker is a scattered reimagining that gets too caught up in expanding the pulp of Grisham’s story to deliver a legal drama that stands out from the crowd.

Like previous iterations, The Rain

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