Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron

A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.

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Directed by: Taylor Hackford

Release Date: October 17, 1997

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DVD Release Date: November 16, 1998

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  • October 12, 2009
    Al Pacino was very good! I dont know...I may have liked it I may not have...I dont really think i would watch it again...not that good! It was ...I almost want to say "Cheaply" written....I the script was just lacking something...the extra EVIL!
  • October 3, 2009
    Al Pacino in a role that suits his fiery demeanor, with some yellow ass teeth. Good story and script but the Southern accents delivered by Reeves and Theron are below par. Should have cast Tommy Lee Jones in Keanu's role but he's as old as Pacino, wouldn't look fitting.
  • September 23, 2009
    Good film, I liked Pacino?s Satan better than De Niro?s! Charlize Theron is really good too but Keanu Reeves is, Keanu Reeves if you catch my drift.
  • May 20, 2009
    A much better film than I had previously rated it. Certainly one of Keanu Reeves better acting roles (shall we say), with great performances from Al Pacino and Charlize Theron, a film about vanity, ego and the Lawyer theme was a good example choice of how right and wrong are not...( read more) necessarily the justification in a material world.

    Thought provoking in many ways.
  • December 28, 2008
    "What about love?
    - Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate."

    The movie starts in a good way, keeps the viewers focus on and is entertaining for most of the time. But then it's time for the end scenes and Pacino's monologues, which also ar...( read more)e perfect examples of overacting at its best/worst.

    "The Devil's Advocate" has its moments but it's too inconsistent. The actors do a decent job in overall but the movie lacks something that would've made it memorable.

    "Are we negotiating?
    - Always."
  • November 8, 2009
    well i first time when i saw this movie was back in 90's when movie is released and it was good movie for sure, great actors , great story everything was good, so today in time of tones and tones of stupid movies i watched Advocate again after 10 years or so, and i must admit tha...( read more)t today this movies looks way better then first time i saw it.... it's so fuckin awesome
  • October 31, 2009
    Standard but enjoyable
  • October 29, 2009
    Great movie & I thought the ending was perfect
  • October 27, 2009
    wonderful why give it away?
  • October 22, 2009
    Ive watched this over and over

Critic Reviews


June 18, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

The movie's greatest strength is that it becomes more complex and rewarding as it goes along. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie never fully engaged me; my mind raced ahead of the plot, and the John Grisham stuff clashed with the Exorcist stuff. full review

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