![]() ![]() Think of "The Devil's Advocate" as Woody Allen trying his hand at a horror/thriller and succeeding. Fear takes hold of the audience through the dialogue. The movie is solely about the people and their struggles. Sorely forgotten in it's day, the script tells a very deep, original and interesting story, with lots of development, respect for the characters, delicate pacing, and a head-spinning ending. The acting, while containing pretty lame Southern accents, is still pretty good. ![]() The cinematography is good because it's quite understated and that's a virtue in today's cinema. But what did the critics refuse to see in this? With movies nowadays being nothing but flashy, over-the-top, masturbatory, CG-fests, "The Devil's Advocate" holds up like osmium. The reviews for "The Devil's Advocate" were not too kind, to say the least.
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