Scanialara
You won't be disappointed!
Taha Avalos
The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
Brenda
The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Candida
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Russ Hog
Brilliant film about a courageous attorney who temporarily becomes broken by the good fight. He steps away from his life long crusade to benefit from the corruption of society. This movie is highly underrated and this is Denzel's best work since the late 80's early 90's.
lwalker-04596
Denzel is such a great actor who has the ability to make every character emphatic. This movie is no different. A real study of character and the overall justice system!
scott-1657
I gave this movie 8/10 but... the script, etc., maybe a 6. Denzel Washington's performance? A Spinal Tap 11. He is great in this film as an idiosynchratic character and completely drives it along. That's all you need to know. Watch it for the acting.
johnjohhn
Just rented this one from RedBox...The plus 4 is for Mr Washingtons performance...the minus 6 is for the movie it self.Washingtons performance is well... what you would expect from that man. Great ! He clearly has become the person that is needed to portray the charter Roman. There is no confusion in your mind about who this guy is.That being said...there is only the story...which in the sum of its parts - implodes on it self....starting at the very beginning when Roman types out that he is a hypocrite.
And thats pretty much what happens.Roman is stuck in the sixties and stuck on ideals that no longer exists. He thinks he is so right and everybody else is wrong. He thinks his values are so just and everybody else is corrupt. And every chance he gets he goes off on some long tangent with lawyer mumbo jumbo or how he has a master plan to get society and the justice system back on track...but it never leaves his briefcase. And all the speeches turn into blah, blah, blah....blah, blah.He talks alot about doing something, but ultimately does nothing...much in the same way the movie goes. There are people in the movie who care about him...but he has isolated himself in spite of that. A guy who thinks he is such a great lawyer yet continually proves how in capable he is (Contempt of court, betrays clients confidentiality, he actually doesn't get anyone out of their situation, almost gets fired for trying to negotiate a plea with no authority, etc, etc..) And he just cant keep from pissing people off...either by his actions or his words.And those actions ultimately drives him to become the aforementioned hypocrite...to which after that makes the movie pointless and after that one finds themselves starting to glance at the clock wondering how much longer this is going to go on.The movie goes this way..and that way....righteous speeches that turn into blah, blah blah. Values that turn corrupt. A struggle of wanting to make a change and nothing happens. A plot that is trying to make you like and admire the character...who actually annoys you. And the ending that you saw coming much earlier....where everything comes crashing down.And even as the credits begin to roll and Collins character tries to take up the cause of this man, you are already aware there is nothing so great about Roman J Israel Esq....or the movie.
