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Movie Description

Matthew McConaughey stars in this legal thriller as a low-rent defense attorney named Mickey Haller. Most of the time, Mickey barely keeps his head above water, representing low-life clients and working out of the back of his car. He thinks he's landed the case of a lifetime when he's hired to defend a rich playboy (Ryan Phillippe) who stands accused of rape and attempted murder, and eagerly accepts his new client and the massive payoff that's sure to come with him. But Mickey soon discovers that he's become ensnared in a twisted plot where no fee in the world is high enough to pay for the deadly workload, and his only hope of survival may just lay in his own skills as a long-practiced double-crosser. (courtesy movies.com)

The Female Perspective (Keyona's Review)

Well, with the help of everyone who voted for this week’s movie. There was a tie between The Lincoln Lawyer and Paul. Chris and I deiced to see The Lincoln Lawyer and I will tell you I’m SUPER glad we choose this!! Matthew McConaughey was amazing (in my opinion). I love almost every movie he’s been in but most of them are sappy love stories and this movie wasn’t anything like that. McConaughey did a wonderful job playing a lawyer who normally represents “low-life” people and then gets offered the case of a rich boy (played by Ryan Phillippe). It was nice to see him in a serious movie without him taking his shirt off for every scene (although just like the other ladies we all like no shirt J). At first I thought it was just going to be a movie about him riding around in the back of his Lincoln town car, (also being his “office”) and be a lawyer to some clients that got in trouble.  I didn’t know that all of his clients would tie into the” big” case he was offered. It kept me on my feet wondering what was going to happen next. The storyline was really good in my opinion; it was both really serious but also had a lot of funny moments in it.

McConaughey and Phillippe did a great job working together in this movie. I haven’t really seen Phillippe in a movie so it was nice to see him in something I will remember for once. Along with the rest of the cast, everyone seems to play their part perfectly.

I would say this could be a good family movie for your kids and you if they are in jr. high or high school. I think the seriousness and funny parts well keep both age groups happy during the whole movie. It was my kind of movie and I know my parents would totally love this movie. Best movie we’ve seen yet! J

Overall rating 4.5 out of 5

The Male Perspective (Chris' Review)

Okay so I have a confession, I decided on The Lincoln Lawyer because after the vote there was a tie between it and Paul. I chose it because I did not want to see Paul at all, don’t get me wrong I love Simon Pegg, Shaun of the Dead is amazing, just had no desire to see Paul and I really can’t stand Seth Rogan, even if it is just his voice. So I chose The Lincoln Lawyer and it turned out to be a great choice. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.

Matthew McConaughey really shines in this movie. I think people forget how talented he really is, at least I do. It seems that he gets on these romantic comedy kicks and stops making good movies. Well in this movie he reminds us how good an actor he can be. This performance is easily comparable to his performance in A Time To Kill where he also played a lawyer. McConaughey does a very good job of connecting with this role and making it feel very believable and real.

Also another surprising performance has to go to Ryan Phillippe. He played his role very convincingly, which is surprising because I recognized his face but I really have not seen much or anything that Phillippe has been in. He played his part very well and I would hope this gives him the opportunity to take on other serious roles.

The best part of this movie is its deep story. The Lincoln Lawyer is based on a book of the same name written by Michael Connelly. The story of the movie is very interesting and kept me on the edge of my seat waiting to see how it would all turn out. I’m a sucker for a good lawyer story, but this one was very interesting and put a different spin on it that I had never really thought about.  I have never read the Connelly book, but I hope that the movie did it justice.

On a small technical note there were two minor instances where the camera felt pretty shaky and that threw me off because I hate shaky cam movies. However it is in the beginning of the movie and for only about a minute, so no huge deal, just thought I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t throw that in there. Other than that, great movie!

Overall 4 out of 5