The Devil's Advocate

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Summary: Hell on Earth!
Review: In fact I bought this movie because friend told me about the story. So I thougt this movie is a 'normal' movie about the Devil, but it isn't! This movie gives us a knew view about Devil an Evil. And that is the reason why this movie was so facinating for me. It shows that evil is everywhere around us. The Devil doesn't live in hell, but on earth. He walks through the streets, eats in restaurants, likes to go out, like all of us, but we don't recongnize who he is. My favorite part is at the end of the movie, when the Devil (Al Pacino who plays exellent) shows who he really is. I recommand this movie to everyone who likes strange movies.

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Summary: Visual techniques and Al Pacino carry the film
Review: While I found some of the plot lines disturbing, this film uses morphing and other visual techniques to communicate Keanu Reeves unknowing pact with the devil. The film is about an ambitious, small town Florida lawyer who is recruited by a high power NYC legal firm. Lured by a high class apartment, car, and other amenities, Keanu Reeves and his wife (played by Judd) move up to the big-time but the price to pay is far greater than anticipated. The twist ending and the visual effects make this film a winner.

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Summary: You can call me Dad
Review: This made me think. I love Al, he was just right for this part. The question is, how does one make a decision that altogether avoids any involvement by the Devil?

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Summary: ENTERTAINING/SURPRISING
Review: I was sure this movie would be a complete waste of time. Surprisingly, Taylor Hackford (he made the wonderful Officer & A Gentleman) delivers an old-fashioned, nail-biting suspense story, with just enough contemporary flourishes to keep it taught and interesting. While Keanu is unintentionally funny with his Southern, halting accent, he is also somehow sympathetic; you want him to do the right thing. Charlize Theron is heartbreakingly real in this movie; she earned her overnight star status with a galvanizing and get-under-your-skin performance. Al Pacino was for me completely over the top; had his devil/lawyer been in line with the other performances, which are anchored in reality, this movie would have definitely earned five stars instead of 4 - the script is too generous with him, and he overdoes virtually every moment of his screen time. However, the pop-spirituality of the plot, the sordid glimpses of a soulless life, the slithering demons who appear out of nowhere, and the hip New York locations do much to create a suspense and fear and interest not often seen or felt in horror movies today.

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Summary: shocked at the average rating here
Review: Keanu Reeves' awful fake southern accent. Nudity and violence to help carry a bad plot. A cheesy ending and simplistic nature made this a REAL loser. I love Al Pacino and this was a disgrace. It came free with my dvd player, you get what you pay for.

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Summary: Awesome movie with great duo-Reeves and Pacino
Review: This was a great movie with a great plot. It opens up as Reeves is at a heated trial as he defends the most un liked and hated kind of people with a little help from Al Pacino who plays as the head of the mysterious attorney office. The pace is always high and the ending is worth it all. A must see!

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Summary: EXTRAORDINARY!
Review: This has got to be one of the greatest movies i've ever seen...I know that keanu isn't eh greatest of actors, but he was opposite al pacino, so he appeared to have some talent, it was al pacino who really made the movie. Anyone who said this movie frightened them is really a wimp. It is a satanic thriller which is one of the resons why i liked it. After I saw this movie I saw Seven and then read Dante's The Divine Comedy. It really brings out the dark side in all of us. In the last scene i don't know why he killed himself though, it works great with the movie but personally i would have done her right there, beacause she is brutally hot. Another amazing feat was how they emptied out fifth avenue,(i know it was done in a soundstage but it still looks cool) because there is never a time when you can empty out a street like that ever. --Kenny 16 years old [e-mail]

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Summary: "Reeves and Pacino Duke It Out in 'Advocate'."
Review: "The Devil's Advocate" happens to be one of those dramatic films where nothing ordinary really happens, that is, if you are a lawyer who realizes that your new boss is Mr. Darkness himself. That's where Keanu Reeves steps in. He portrays Kevin Lomax, a hot Florida attorney who's never lost a case. Then he receives a visitor from New York who talks to him about how coming to the Big Apple to work for the mysterious firm Milton, Chadwick, Waters can enrich his life as well as Mary Ann's life, (Charlize Theron) too, by offering him a top salary and a first class apartment right next to Milton's, which is real hellish, thanks to the sculptures of nude bodies and the fireplace. Turns out Mary Ann gradually learns that John Milton, head founder of the firm, is the 'real-deal' Devil and his women are demons and she finally loses her sanity. Kevin's mother (Judith Ivey) then comes in to inform him of the horrendous events that have happened and certain info he needs to know. Now, it's up to Kevin to keep his soul from being incorporated by the firm and Milton himself. Right around the movie, it become a horror flick that I probably would of expected it to be, however, director Taylor Hackford, keeps it in a decent pace, although the nudity and violence really doesn't help that much to the film's plot. One tip about the music by James Newton Howard: it really puts me in suspense. Warner Bros./Regency Enterprises. Rated R (Restricted.)

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Summary: Really Scary
Review: I saw this film in the theater when it first came out a couple of years ago, and it left me really scared. It was a great movie, but I'd probably enjoy it more from the comfort of my own home than in a dark movie theater.

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Summary: A damned good movie
Review: One of the remarkable things about this film is that it features some quite long and rather philosophical monologues by Al Pacino that don't drag down the action at all -- this is as much an effect of the script and direction as it is of Pacino's riveting hand-in-glove performance as Satan, head of a powerful Manhattan law firm. If you can look past his hokey Southern accent, Keanu Reeves delivers one of his better performances as well, playing the film's fatally flawed central character with considerable finesse.

This film is as much about Manhattan as it is about moral conflict, and features some stunning interior design. One of the revelations of the DVD edition is that the one really tastelessly decorated apartment in the movie, an ostentatious gold-leaf and brass abomination, is in fact Donald Trump's real-life penthouse.