The Devil's Advocate (1997) movie poster

The Devil's Advocate (1997)

"The newest attorney at the world's most powerful law firm has never lost a case. But he's about to lose his soul."
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👍 86%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 62%
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Runtime
2h 24m
Rated
R
Country
Germany, United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.5/10 (6,654 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
65%
Metacritic
60

Cast

Keanu Reeves as Kevin Lomax · 72% avg
Al Pacino as John Milton · 75% avg
Charlize Theron as Mary Ann Lomax · 72% avg
Jeffrey Jones as Eddie Barzoon · 76% avg
Judith Ivey as Mrs. Lomax · 75% avg
Connie Nielsen as Christabella · 69% avg
Craig T. Nelson as Alexander Cullen · 74% avg
Tamara Tunie as Jackie Heath · 70% avg

Is The Devil's Advocate good?

Yes. 86% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 62%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#132 / 1168 · Horror
Rank in its year
#21 / 106 · 1997
Rank among its director's films
#2 / 7 · Taylor Hackford

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

The Devil's Advocate is a 1997 American supernatural thriller directed by Taylor Hackford. Keanu Reeves stars as Kevin Lomax, a young, undefeated Florida defense attorney who is recruited to a prestigious Manhattan law firm run by the charismatic, all-powerful John Milton, played by Al Pacino. As Kevin's career soars and he successfully defends increasingly reprehensible clients, his wife Mary Ann, played by Charlize Theron, begins experiencing terrifying visions and psychological deterioration, and Kevin gradually realizes that Milton may literally be the Devil offering him everything in exchange for his soul.

Al Pacino's performance was a volcanic display of theatrical excess that reached its apotheosis in the film's climactic monologue — a five-minute tirade against God delivered with the actor's full scenery-chewing power that became one of the most quoted and parodied speeches of the 1990s. Charlize Theron's performance as the wife unraveling while her husband is too consumed by ambition to notice added genuine emotional weight. The Devil's Advocate earned $152 million worldwide on a $57 million budget.

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In The Devil's Advocate (1997), Keanu Reeves' character is billed at "$400 an hour," which happens to be $6.66 a minute.
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