Review by Bob Ignizio
It sometimes seems like the only American movies made for adults these days are low key indie dramas or convoluted meditations on what is or isn't real. That's fine if you enjoy that sort of thing, provided it's done well. But there's an audience out there of people in their 40's and beyond who would just like a decent story with a little action and a strong cast, helmed by a director who understands that the focus should be on those things and not the flashy, artistic camera moves they picked up back when they were shooting music videos and commercials. The kind of movie people like my parents would like to see, and I say that without any hint of dismissiveness. It is this kind of movie that THE LINCOLN LAWYER aspires to be, and to a fair degree it succeeds.
Matthew McConaughey is Mick Haller, the sort of criminal defense attorney most people are thinking of when they say they hate lawyers. He actually prefers defending guilty clients because, if he loses and they go to jail, it won't bother him nearly as much as if he had lost while defending an innocent man. Haller doesn't lose much, though, leading to characters making the usual complaints leveled against those in his profession about how he lets scum walk the streets.
