A defense lawyer takes on a high-profile client only to learn that this new client is responsible for an innocent man being convicted of murder.
The exciting thing about The Lincoln Lawyer is that while that little blurb might seem to give away the movie, the devil is really in the details. Matthew McConaughey plays Mickey, an attorney who quite literally conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car when he is not actually in the courtroom. The film is a very straight-forward drama/thriller, although exciting both in casting (lots of familiar faces like William H. Macy) and in that not all of the twists and turns are predictable.
I also have to give credit to both the director and to McConaughey for the focus throughout the film on the main characters eyes--or more appropriately, the emotion therein. Innumerable shots showing a full range of human emotion, and many of those shots are nothing more than close-ups on eyeballs, sometimes with signs of being tired, others with sweat, others with joy. Well done.
All-in-all, The Lincoln Lawyer is a good movie, but not necessarily one that you'll be itching to see in theaters. A solid rental that you won't want to miss, however.
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