Movie Summary

 
Movie
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
144 minutes
R
DVD
 
The
Devil's Advocate thematically raises the preposition that 'is winning everything' in the legal profession.Does a lawyer commits the basic sin of Vanity if he believes his job is to win, as Kevin does. Further the movie in John Milton's trenchant speech questions the very notion of righteousness in the post-modern world. Milton's speech rips apart the whole discourse of religion when he presents the inherent contradiction of it. Kevin's dilemma reflects the modern man who accuses the circumstances for being what he is,the culture dominated by making money 'which build egos of the size of cathedral', the question is can one really call what one does 'freely-willed'?. The movie deals with these 'Hamltian questions' in a lawyer's mind.

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Theatrical Release

October 17, 1997

Director

Taylor Hackford

Writers

Andrew Neiderman (novel), Jonathan Lemkin (screenplay), Tony Gilroy (screenplay)

Actors

Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones

Date added: 2017-04-20 11:33:46
 

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