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The Devils Advocate
1997
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The Devils Advocate
Positive Reviews
16
Negative reviews
6
Average Rating
3.2
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2.0
The Lawyer Joke, taken to its obvious conclusion and at almost two and a half hours its a hell of a running gag.Devils Advocate is such a bloated, gar ..
Austin Chronicle
3.1
Devils Advocate is neither fish nor fowl: It is not a serious film about its subject, nor is it quite a dark comedy, despite some of Pacinos good line ..
Rogerebert
2.0
The end of the film is disappointing, because a rather weak ending is grafted to the first ending of the film.It is quite a copout.
Lariat
1.5
The Devils Advocate flirts with satire, with theological discussion, with the mechanics of a thriller and with something approaching a cautionary tale ..
Film Journal
3.8
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Throughout Sicario: Day of the Soldado, characters talk about things needing to be clean, which pretty much means that a l ..
Q Network
3.5
type Movie Current Status In Season mpaa R performer Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves, Judith Ivey, Jeffrey Jones, Connie Nielsen, Charlize Theron director Tay ..
Ew
2.0
The script seems to be on this idea that its much more clever than we actually think, when most times its attempts at outwitting the audience either r ..
Cinema Crazed
3.5
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Salon
4.0
High art this may not be, and certainly no Paradise Lost, but fine filmic entertainment it most definitely is.
Empire
3.0
Viewers may be left with conflicting feelings of titillation and revulsion, so they should be old enough to handle those effectively.
Common Sense Media
5.0
The movies greatest strength is that it becomes more complex and rewarding as it goes along.
Sf Gate
1.5
Pacino at satanic best in muddled thriller CALL IT Rosemarys Nephew.
Sf Gate
3.1
More prudish viewers may find the bloody action repugnant, but the gruesome, almost cartoonish, nature of the violence is exactly what makes Verhoeven ..
Mr Brown Movies
3.8
Its less explicit than I expect a film about the porno industry to be, and too long, but its an accessible film for most adult viewers and is worth th ..
Reeling Reviews
3.8
Aside from Pacinos performance, the greatest strength of the film is its delicious build up to an operatic climax.
ReelViews
2.0
The Curse of La Llorona cast members Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez and Linda Cardellini, along with director Michael Chaves, share some personal La ..
Calendar Live
4.4
But I swear its true.This is the performance of Reeves career a supernatural effort for someone who, until this picture, looked like a shoe in for the ..
Spliced Wire
2.5
Some movies seem to have been made for just one scene, and disappointingly, The Devils Advocate is one of them.
Deseret News
4.0
For those who want cinematic artistry, soaring visual poetry, tangible human condition substance, this will be a disappointment.For those who enjoy ex ..
Urban Cine File
3.1
Hes nothing short of hilarious, and his performance looks to be about three quarters calculation and one quarter sheer, unbridled looniness.
Movies Tv Guide
4.0
Sorry. JRMDespite a wooden performance by Keanu Reeves, this is still a thoroughly enjoyable film for those who enjoy an intelligent horror flick.
Film Quips Online
3.0
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Rochester Goes Out
4.5
The Devils Advocate makes a good template for this particular Faust story, in part because it, like Trump, focuses largely on vanity as the sin du jou ..
Cinema Stache
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