Having spent most of his career defending gutter-variety criminals, attorney Mick Haller (McConaughey) takes on a case that could land him a real office, instead of running his practice out of his old Lincoln. Haller reaches a crisis of conscious, though, while working on the defense of Beverly Hills playboy Louis Roulet (Phillippe). Roulet is charged with attempted murder and what appears to be a straightforward case with a big payoff escalates into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation.
I don\'t normally like courthouse dramas. Watching Law and Order makes me feel like an old man. However, The Lincoln Lawyer had enough believable twists in it to keep me interested and enjoy the cleverly written storyline. The casting was perfect. Matthew McConaughey plays the morally questionable lawyer with confidence and charisma. The whole cast has great chemistry and help bring the movie to life.
The plot was almost what I expected, but then...
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Blu-ray Review: The Lincoln Lawyer
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