Now I know that this review comes in over a week late..call it a case of oversight..but I overlooked The Lincoln Lawyer last week so thought I’d remedy that.
Playing out practically like a John Grisham novel (it is a screen adaptation of a novel by Micheal Connelly actually), the Lincoln Lawyer catches your interest from the very start and manages to keep you intrigued, practically throughout.
While the narrative does get a little slow in between, still the movie covers adequate ground in the first half and breaks for interval by revealing quite an interesting quandary our protagonist faces
A coming of age performance from Matthew McConaughey (for the uninitiated he’s the guy from those rom coms – How to lose a guy in 10 days, Failure to Launch etc), McConaughey is in his element as the smart and slick lawyer and really manages to get under the skin of his character. Especially, the transformation of his character as the movie gathers pace and the story moves ahead is particularly impressive. Ryan Phillippe also does justice to his character as the ‘client’ of Matthew McConaughey.
The movie is also smartly written with some genuinely intelligent quips and remarks from our lead character (McConaughey). However, where the movie disappoints (at least it did so for me) was the way the plot situation is handled in the second half. Maybe the director ran out of ideas, maybe he showed something I didn’t see…whatever be the case, the finale of the movie isn’t as thrilling as one would expect it to be. You keep waiting for McConaughey to pull a rabbit out of a hat only to find out he really didn’t need one..go figure that one out.
The issue about reviewing a movie that revolves around a lawyer’s case is that there is practically nothing you can talk of, without giving something about the movie away and that would indeed, be a shame
So suffice it to say that if great acting, a decent plot and a fairly engaging time is what you are looking for ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ may be right up your alley.
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P.S. As for the releases this week, well I have no plans of watching ‘Thank You’ (No thank you to that one and with this I think I can effectively strike off Mr. Bazmee from my list), the Game is practically 'over' (on all counts) and I'd be damned if I 'Accepted' a rip off like Faltu :)
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