Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty crooks and other bottom-feeders, so it comes as quite a surprise when he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy who is accused of attempted murder. However, what Mick initially thinks is an open-and-shut case with a big monetary reward develops into something more sinister.
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Nate H. reviewed The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
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Mega selling books that get the treatment on screen are boom or bust and The Lincoln Lawyer is no exception. I have not read the book it is based on but understand it sold a gazillion copies and everyone loved it. Since I can’t judge the book, I will just say that the movie plays like an episode of your favorite courtroom tv show. You have a hotshot attorney (Matthew Mcconaughey) who takes a brutal assault case where the defendant (Ryan Phillipe) may or may not be wrongly accused. William H. Macy plays McConaughey’s investigator, John Leguizamo drops in as the bail bondsman who refers the case to him, and Marisa Tomei is the ex wife prosecutor who initially gets the case on the other side of the courtroom. The characters are all a little quirky in their own way but their quirks don’t really seem to add to their depth. Instead, they come across as cookie cutouts with sprinklings of flair. Likewise, the story dishes out turns and twists that aren’t actually shocking but feel more like the script was a mad libs puzzle that said “insert plot twist here”. If you have seen an episode of Law and Order, you know how this is going to play out. I will give the director props for including vintage early 90’s Hip Hop to command most of the film’s soundtrack. There’s a plus, I guess.
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