And Justice for All (1979)
89 %
Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 17 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 6.7/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 55 mins
Synopsis: Pacino balances a performance between comedy and bleak despair when he adds a thoroughly detestable judge accused of rape to his already miserable client list. Maybe intended as satire, maybe not. Lahti's debut film role. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Al Pacino.... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, Lee Strasberg, Christine Lahti
Director: Norman Jewison
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years after watching it you'll have no idea what the central trial was all about... but you'll certainly remember that, whatever it was, it was out of order!
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03/21/08
Pacino at the top of his game...[but] the film's lack of faith in its audience is glaringly apparent. [DVD review]
03/09/08
Al Pacino gives a dominant performance as a lawyer whose morals are compromised, but director Norman Jewison can't find the right balance between the critical and satirical elements of the legal system.
03/01/08
Entertaining, with a vintage Pacino performance that only occasionally lapses into grandstanding.
07/23/07
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06/24/06
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07/25/05
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Pacino is a force of nature in this truly entertaining comedy - drama - courtroom procedural.
07/26/02
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