Mitchell Y McDeere is a fictional character and the protagonist of John Grisham's 1991 novel The Firm.
11 Facts About Mitch McDeere
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Mitch McDeere is a Harvard-educated tax lawyer who has a certified public accountant credential.
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Mitch McDeere is regarded as "an old-school, self-made hero" by Entertainment Weekly critic Melissa Maerz.
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The TV series begins as the McDeere family emerges from witness protection to encounter old and new challenges.
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Mitch McDeere's father had been a coal miner and his mother was a waitress.
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In high school, Mitch McDeere had been a star quarterback with several scholarship offers.
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Mitch McDeere injured his knee in his last high school game, and the only school that upheld its scholarship offer was Western Kentucky University.
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Mitch McDeere matriculated and played quarterback as an infrequent starter, while making straight A's and earning a degree in accounting.
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However, Todd McCarthy of Variety says that Cruise's Mitch McDeere "could be a brother to his character in 'A Few Good Men'", which had been released six months before.
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Mitch McDeere is, in many of his roles, just a little slow to catch on; his characters seem to trust people too easily, and so it's convincing when he swallows the Firm's pitches and pep talks.
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Mitch McDeere has no edge, neither the overweening ambition of the Tom Cruise version nor the bitter weariness one might expect to rise in its place after a decade on the run.