The Devil's Advocate
The newest attorney at the world's most powerful law firm has never lost a case. But he's about to lose his soul.
Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney that never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. In spite of his mother's disagreement, which compares New York City to Babylon, he accepts the offer and the money that comes along. But soon, his wife starts feeling homesick as she witnesses devilish apparitions. However, Kevin is sinking in his new cases and pays less and less attention to his wife. His boss and mentor, John Milton, seems to always know how to overcome every problem and that just freaks Kevin right off.
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Pretty good - bigdozer
For a movie that I thought that Al Pacino was going to be the main focus I was mistaken for the mystery and intrigue that this film has is best served by watching it till the end for it becomes a surprise really for a big law firm that is not suppose to lose and at what cost the attorney has to pay is something that has to be seen and would recommend it to others for it's not the same characters that Pacino has played before.Is He or Isn't He? - Gregg
Story of a hotshot young defense attorney (Keanu Reeves) in Florida who has never lost a case and is recruited to join a prestigious New York law firm where he is taken under the wing of John Milton (Al Pacino) a senior partner in the firm who just might be …..(well you can guess from the title, and his name might be a bit of a hint).
The movie treads somewhat familiar ground in that as lawyers are often portrayed in the movies as soulless monsters, but this just goes that little step further. It’s a little too long at 2 hours and 20 minutes, some of the effects are a little cheesy and the southern accents from Reeves and Charlize Theron who plays his wife leave something to be desired. But it is a fun movie with some great set designs especially for the offices. The director is Taylor Hackford who was nominated for an Oscar for “Ray” and also directed “An Officer and a Gentleman”.
So while this isn’t a great movie it does have an intriguing story (though its just a little over the top) and while there are no standout performances both Charlize Theron and Craig T Nelson are good with Nelson in a minor role making a substantial departure from his normal role (he was just finishing an 8 year run on ‘Coach’). On the whole its close but I found one enjoyable, and it makes great use of The Rolling Stones “Paint it Black” as the closing titles song.Paradise Lost - cathyottawa
How clever it was to name Al Pacino's character "John Milton", after the author of Paradise Lost (the narrative poem about how God's favoured angel, Lucifer, became jealous, waged war on heaven, and was kicked out).
Al Pacino has so much fun with this character. It's not all over the top (though there's plenty of that), there's some subtleties here too. Really very good.
Keanu Reeves "acting" style actually suits his character here. He's bearable to watch.
And Charlize Theron gives a really good supporting performance. She's easy to dislike at the beginning, and impossible not to sympathize with by the end.
This movie is creepy and clever and pretty unpredictable. Movies like this tend to fall apart at the end - but this one doesn't. A spine tingling good time.
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Pretty good - bigdozer
For a movie that I thought that Al Pacino was going to be the main focus I was mistaken for the mystery and intrigue that this film has is best served by watching it till the end for it becomes a surprise really for a big law firm that is not suppose to lose ...Is He or Isn't He? - Gregg
Story of a hotshot young defense attorney (Keanu Reeves) in Florida who has never lost a case and is recruited to join a prestigious New York law firm where he is taken under the wing of John Milton (Al Pacino) a senior partner in the firm who just might be ...Paradise Lost - cathyottawa
How clever it was to name Al Pacino's character "John Milton", after the author of Paradise Lost (the narrative poem about how God's favoured angel, Lucifer, became jealous, waged war on heaven, and was kicked out).
Al Pacino has so much fun with this ...