The Devil's Advocate
It takes a story this ridiculous to be this good. Imagine The Firm, but with the Devil. (Cue demonic laughter.) Keanu Reeves stars as a rising star of a lawyer, and Al Pacino stars as the Devil himself (sample line: "Call me dad!"). The movie plays perfectly into Pacino's penchant to overact the crap out of his part -- only this part has no limit to the attitude you can throw at it. The rest of the film is simply very well-made. Special effects, acting (particularly Charlize Theron as Keanu's sanity-vacating wife), music, set design -- it's all there. No, it ain't Oscar bait, it's just one, ahem, hell of a good time.
Rating
3.5 out of 5 Stars
- Director: Taylor Hackford
- Producer: Anne Kopelson, Arnold Kopelson, Arnon Milchan
- Screenwriter: Jonathan Lemkin, Tony Gilroy
- Stars: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey, Connie Nielsen, Craig T. Nelson
- MPAA Rating: R
- Year of Release: 1997
- Released on Video: 02/24/1998
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