The Lincoln Lawyer is sort of a high-level combination of “Law and Order†and “CSI.†Both of those shows are mainstream and abide by a formula, week after week. But they are also well-made (or can be), and so is this movie. For a genre picture, it's taut, rhythmic and intelligent. If crime dramas are your thing, then The Lincoln Lawyer is right up your alley; if good movies are your thing, then it's also worth considering.
The story and setup are familiar: a slick, street-wise lawyer named Mick Heller (Matthew McConaughey), whose chauffeur parades him around Los Angeles in a Lincoln town car, is dealt a case that could either pay off huge or cost him everything he has, including his life. Heller's client: Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), a spoiled mamma's boy who claims he's innocent of the rape and assault charges recently brought against him. The victim is a prostitute whom Louis believes is setting him up just to score an easy settlement because he has money â€" he works for his mother's (Frances Fisher) realty business and earns over half a million dollars a year.
With the Roulet's family lawyer (Bob Gunton) and Heller's private investigator (William H. Macy) present, Louis tells his side of the story as the movie goes into a quick flashback sequence, “CSIâ€-style. Amidst the swishes, swooshes, blown-out colors, grainy imagery and handheld camera work, we're supposed to ask ourselves whether we (or Heller) should believe Louis' story, which is standard practice for movies like this.
But the plot deviates from the usual formula when Heller finds a connection between Roulet's case and a former one that sent his previous client (Michael Pena) to prison to serve 15 years of a life sentence. Louis' innocence is no longer the plot's primary focus. It becomes more about the lengths Heller will go to, as he says, “make things right.â€
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