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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Nov 12, 2000
Pros: deep theological implications
Cons: some very violent scenes
Summary: After reading all of the negative reviews on Little Nicky yesterday afternoon, it was rather interesting timing that I happened to come across The Devil's Advocate on the TBS Superstation last night. Having really no notion of what the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 24, 2012
Pros: Compelling Cast, New York City, Plot Delievery, Sound-Track, Blu-Ray Quality
Cons: Reeve's accent, confusing plot elements at times
Summary: Introduction... Released for the first time on Blu-Ray in September 2012, The Devil's Advocate is one of my favorite films from the late 1990s. In many ways it is hard to categorize this film when people ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 28, 2008
Pros: Al Pacino
Cons: Keanu Reeves just..can't..act
Summary: The Devil’s Advocate (1997) is one of my favourite horror movies. I love Al Pacino in most roles, none better than The Godfather Trilogy, but moreover I like watching Keanu Reeves attempt to act. It’s laughable most of the time, and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 4, 2008
Pros: Concept executed well, Pacino's casting
Cons: Reeves overacts at times
Summary: I enjoyed The Devil's Advocate. I wanted to clear that up right now while a lot of other critics didn't. It's a different concept for a movie, yes. But is it necessarily a bad one? No. Plus if you cast Al Pacino as Satan himself, then obviously you've ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 6, 2006
Pros: Hackford's Direction, Script, Look, Location, Music, Theron, & Pacino!!!
Cons: A Few Predictable Moments & Keanu Reeves.
Summary: Throughout his entire career which began in the early 70s, Al Pacino has played a variety of roles. Michael Corleone in The Godfather movies, a good cop in Serpico, a bank robber in Dog Day Afternoon, a lawyer in ...And Justice ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 25, 2006
Pros: Al Pacino's performance
Cons: bad script, cheesy special effects, annoying characters, unconvincing scenes, almost everything ...
Summary: There are very few movies that cover the stages of being okay, to dull, to being too long, to annoying, and then being plain horrible and I guess I finally found one film that is able to do all of the above. The Devil’s Advocate is one of those ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 26, 2005
Pros: fun, good effects, amusing cheese
Cons: somewhere between satiric hyperbole and shamelessly stupidity on film
Summary: This movie came out eight years ago, raising the immediate question: Why review it now? I re-rented it, just before the release of Constantine, to explore to what extent its issues end up in the latter film. To my surprise, I saw more of The Omen and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 16, 2003
Pros: Al Pacino as the devil
Cons: Keanu Reeves' southern accent
Summary: Watching as the defendant slowly glides his fingertips along the wood table in front of him in pleas ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 13, 2003
Pros: Al Pacino,semi-intriguing script.
Cons: semi-lame script, Keanu Reeves should stick to The Matrix.
Summary: Why would I give this movie 4 stars if I think it has a semi-lame plot and a lame performance by ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 10, 2003
Pros: A Suspenseful and thought provoking film.
Cons: Keanu Reeves is not the most skilled actor but Al Pacino carries the film well.
Summary: The main thesis of the Devil’s Advocate is that evil dwells in humanity and that people create their own hells on earth. Humans have free will or the capacity to make their own choices as well as choose their own destinies, whether it be good ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 15, 2002
Pros: Al Pacino, riveting plot, gorgeous aesthetics, and a script full of quoteable material.
Cons: The DVD extras don't add much value, major plot points are almost too heavily foreshadowed.
Summary: The Devil's Advocate
Released October 17, 1997 (US, Canada)
Directed by Taylor Hackford
Running time: 144 minutes
Rated R
Cast (shortlist):
Keanu Reeves...........Kevin Lomax
Al ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 23, 2002
Pros: Pacino as the bad guy, stellar scenery, interesting cast.
Cons: Reeves accent is just unforgivable.
Summary:
Kevin Lomax is a shining star in a sky full of nothing. He's never lost a case regardless of the situation and early on in the film you just know what the outcome is going to be. The slick looking rogue that married his high school sweetheart and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 3, 2002
Pros: Very good quotes towards the end of the film
Cons: Can't really think of anything
Summary: I am sure we all have heard that "the devil made me do it" or "____ is a sin". Despite all the excuses, your responsibilities for success, failure, good or evil are your decision. It's not up to God or the Devil. As Al Pacino said "I only set the stage". ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 28, 2001
Pros: Some very good performances
Cons: A linear plot
Summary: I am not normally a great lover of horror, but this movie falls in between several genres. In a similar way to ‘The Omen’ or ‘Psycho’ we have a horror-psychological movie that is somehow believable making it scarier than it would otherwise have been. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 25, 2001
Pros: Pacino is brilliant, Reeves holds his own, spooky and lusty
Cons: Offensive to those who deplore violence, demons, sex...oh to lots of folks
Summary: Satan Clause is coming to town…
There have been some monster performances of actors playing the devil, but there was one who seemed to flow for my book. Jack, of course – in the roll he said he thought “he was born to play” in the ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 6, 2001
Pros: Great plot, Fantastic performances, unbelievable twists.
Cons: none
Summary: There are some films that can leave me staring at a blank screen long after the film's finished, deep in thought. Sad, I know, but true. The Devil's Advocate was one of them.
I cannot tell you how much it pleased me to see Keanu Reeves back ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 5, 2001
Pros: Amazing special effects, good performance by the cast
Cons: not suitable for children, explicit sexual scenes.
Summary: ''..There is no greater calamity than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is no greater disaster than greed..''
This movie is about good and evil and how good is tempted by evil. The story is ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 2, 2001
Pros: Good scare, great acting, nice effects
Cons: None
Summary: This film reminds us that Satan is alive and well in this world, lest we forget. It’s the classic struggle between good and evil, played out by dependable Keanu Reeves and Oscar awardee Al Pacino, respectively. The casting is perfect. They picked an ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 28, 2000
Pros: Mainly the devil himself, Pacino!
Cons: none, good drama.
Summary: I must comment that Pacino is a great actor, and the perfect choice to play the devil in this movie. He possessed all the traits the devil could have. He was charmingly evil, temptingly corrupt, and executed it all so very well.
It was a ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 22, 2000
Pros: A REALISTIC APPROACH THAT IS SURPRISING!
Cons: none
Summary: The Devil's Advocate is one fantastic movie! I have watched it twice! Al Pacino makes the part so believable, with Keanu Reeves doing his usually great acting, as well. The entire plot of this story is so believable, in its way of depicting the Devil as ... read more
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