In The Lincoln Lawyer, Matthew McConaughey plays a (mostly) shirt-wearing defense attorney of what we’d call the worst kind. He rips off his clients, finds ways to get scumbags off the hook, and makes a lot of money. This guy thinks he’s got it all figured out, until he takes a murder case with unexpected wrinkles. Away we go.
I know what you’re thinking. “Sounds like a disposable dime-store thriller.” I won’t argue with you: The Lincoln Lawyer is a dime-store thriller. Thing is, it’s a really good dime-store thriller. The hero seems like a scumbag, but reveals hidden quality. Marisa Tomei plays the love interest and, well, she’s Marisa Tomei. The villain’s villainous, the plot twists and twists again, and at one point I genuinely couldn’t imagine how McConaughey was going to get out of his jam. This film entertained and surprised me, and it wrapped up in a most satisfying way. The Lincoln Lawyer shows what happens when a thriller’s done right. I hope they make a sequel.
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