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The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

Rate: 7
Viewed: 7/23

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7/23: Having played a lawyer before in A Time to Kill and Amistad, Matthew McConaughey is given a stylized role for The Lincoln Lawyer.

Sans the lousy camera work, it's an enjoyable movie that's on the neo-noir side, but Mickey Haller has to stop drinking so much. His judgment becomes more impaired every time he does. Of course, Ryan Phillippe is a dead giveaway as to what the answer will be.

The oftener Mickey and his ex-wife are shown together, the more I wonder why they divorced in the first place. It's a question that never got answered. Regardless, The Lincoln Lawyer is engaging due to alternative theories until the plot has become too convoluted for its own good.

All in all, serious films like The Lincoln Lawyer prove why Matthew McConaughey wasted his time on romantic comedies crap for a while.