Matthew McConaughey finally takes a step away from his usual "showing off of his abs" to where he belongs, in the drama genre with his new movie "The Lincoln Lawyer". McConaughey plays the role of Mickey Haller, a corrupt lawyer who wins any way he can; no matter what he has to do. Haller and his investigator Frank Levin, a retired police officer played by William H. Macy take on a client named Louis Roulet played by Ryan Phillippe. Roulet, of course, claims to be innocent and shares his side of the story to Haller and Levin. However, as Haller finds out more and more information, he starts to realize that Roulet may be withholding information from him along with figuring out that Roulet may be connected with a case of a past client of his. As the movie progresses the intensity certainly builds. However, the movie does feel a little dry at times, but the movie never leaves you high and dry, it picks right back up and pulls you back in. I would give the movie four stars out of five.
This is Brad Furman's first film as a director that has made it to theaters. His only previous known work is a film from 2008 entitled "The Take". "The Lincoln Lawyer" is based off of Michael Connelly's novel "The Lincoln Lawyer" who said, "I've seen the film; and I really love it. I think Matthew does a wonderful job of capturing the character of Haller." (http://www.michaelconnelly.com/Book_Collection/Lincoln/Movie/movie.html). The movie also stars Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler), Josh Lucas, John Liguizamo (Ice Age), Michael Pena (Crash), and Bob Gunton (The Shawshank Redemption). If you haven't seen "The Lincoln Lawyer" and it sounds like it spikes your interest, click on the link below and it will direct you to Rotten Tomatoes that features the film's trailers:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lincoln_lawyer/trailers/
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