Rotten
Regrettably, an overblown finale and redundant trick ending undercut the mild subversiveness of what's gone before.
Nigel Floyd, Time Out
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.
1997 · 2h 24m · R
Drama, Horror, Mystery
Directed by
Taylor Hackford
Overview
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
Director and cast
- Taylor Hackford Director
- Keanu Reeves as Kevin Lomax
- Al Pacino as John Milton
- Charlize Theron as Mary Ann Lomax
- Jeffrey Jones as Eddie Barzoon
- Judith Ivey as Mrs. Lomax
- Connie Nielsen as Christabella
- Craig T. Nelson as Alexander Cullen
- Tamara Tunie as Jackie Heath
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Leamon Heath
- Debra Monk as Pam Garrety
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
66%
Tomatometer
Rotten
[Hackford] seems stuck in a private limbo, unable to decide whether he's making a special-effects flick or a pop-philosophical tract.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
The movie's greatest strength is that it becomes more complex and rewarding as it goes along.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Although it's nice for a film to be ambitious, there is such a thing as overreaching.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
The movie never fully engaged me; my mind raced ahead of the plot, and the John Grisham stuff clashed with the Exorcist stuff.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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