Devil's Advocate From:Keanu Reeves , Al Pacino , Charlize Theron , Jeffrey Jones , Judith Ivey , Warner Brothers , Taylor Hackford , Warner Home Video ,
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9786305065555
Format: AC-3
Format: Closed-captioned
Format: Color
Format: Dolby
Format: Widescreen
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 6305065551
Weight: 20 hundredths-pounds
Label: Warner Home Video
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 5.1
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 60 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 740 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 20 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 530 hundredths-inches
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1998-12-01
Running Time: 144 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1997-10-17
Product Description:
A young hotshot attorney takes a job in a high-powered city law firm only to discover that his good fortune in court is somehow related to a deal with his boss alter ego the devil. Meanwhile at home his beautiful wife reminds him all is not well in paradise. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008 Starring: Al Pacino Charlize Theron Run time: 144 minutes Rating: R Director: Taylor Hackford
Customer Reviews:
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
 Paradise Lost (Three-and-a-half-Stars), 2008-09-15
Did anyone notice that the Satan's name in this entertaining-but-flawed flick is Milton, and that the marble reliefs which come to tantalizing life on Al Pacino's wall also allude to the great English poet's masterpiece?
I feel that "Devil's Advocate" has some good material, including touches of humor, some stunning cinematographic effects, and the performances by Ms. Theron and Al Pacino, who chews the scenery with such devilish panache that he dominates Keanu Reeves (but perhaps that is the point). And while the film, which combines legal ethics (or the lack of them) with the "Rosemary's Baby" genre, held my interest from start to finish, it did not quite come together--whether because of choppy editing or the "Dallas" option that precedes the ending, I am not certain. I did find the actual ending, however, to be wickedly ironic.
Nevertheless, "Devil's Advocate" is by no means a complete loss of time for the viewer, although it may represent an opportunity lost on the part of the writers and the director.
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