The Lincoln Lawyer

A much better version of this movie may exist somewhere in the editing-room blender, to be excavated by cine-archeologists of the future.

A solid thriller with McConaughey doing what he does best.

The Lincoln Lawyer is a well-crafted, well-cast adaptation of Michael Connelly's best-selling novel, shot on interesting Los Angeles locations. It's a crime thriller with...

It's nice to see McConaughey getting relatively serious instead of coasting through yet another witless romcom, with or without Kate Hudson.

The film does take some predictable turns - even with its "surprise" twist - but it's a perfectly enjoyable time killer.

Viewers hoping for anything more than your run-of-the-mill courtroom thriller will feel letdown, whereas general audiences will surely eat this stuff up.

The Lincoln Lawyer marks the beginning of what many at the time characterized as the 'McConaissance'.

The ultra-confidence swagger for which McConaughey is so well known works well here.

We don't ask much of our legal thrillers beyond a twisty plot and a good villain to watch go down, and Brad Furman's methodical thriller doesn't bother offering much more than that.