The Lincoln Lawyer

Whenever I really like a movie, it’s usually because of the following reasons:

1. It has an intelligent plot
2. The acting is good
3. It’s intriguing
4. The story develops nicely
5. It catches your attention from the beginning
6. It makes you THINK in order for you to understand it
7. It teaches you something
8. It’s a true story
9. It has a message, you take something from it
10. It’s not predictable
11. You find yourself talking about it afterwards

There might be other reasons but I just can’t remember any others now. If you have any different reasons, please feel free to leave your comments below.

The Lincoln Lawyer has ten of the eleven attributes written above, it would have all of them except that it’s not a true story. But this is a very, very interesting movie! It tells a story of a rich guy, Louis Roulet (played by Ryan Phillippe), who is accused of trying to rape and murder a woman. This Louis guy is very rich and can afford any lawyer in the country to defend his case, but he chooses the not so well known attorney Mickey Haller(played by Matthew McConaughey). Mickey is the kind of lawyer who will defend anybody; regardless of the crime they are accused of and is known to succeed in most cases he represents.

Louis swears he’s innocent and so he hires Mikey Haller to prove it…  or at least that’s what you think in the beginning of the movie, but let’s just say that that was not his only reason for hiring him. But let me tell you already, you will have TO PAY ATTENTION in order to understand this part, but it’s totally worth the effort.

The Lincoln Lawyer has a nice cast, very intelligent plot, it’s intriguing and it’s definitely not predictable. It’s R rated though… I have no idea why. I’ve seen other movies that show horrible things and are still PG 13… But I thought I should let you know anyway.

So, let’s agree on something, shall we? Go watch The Lincoln Lawyer and then come back here so we can share our thoughts (I really like to do that… no wonder I created a blog about movies).

Go, watch, come back and comment.

We’ll talk soon!