Roman J. Israel, Esq. - Die Wahrheit und nichts als die Wahrheit
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Roman J. Israel, Esq. - Die Wahrheit und nichts als die Wahrheit
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Roman J. Israel, Esq.
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Dan GilroyDrehbuch:
Dan GilroyKamera:
Robert ElswitMusik:
James Newton HowardBesetzung:
Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Amanda Warren, Hugo Armstrong, Sam Gilroy, Tony Plana, DeRon Horton, Amari Cheatom, Tarina Pouncy (mehr)Streaming (4)
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Roman J. Israel, Esq. - Die Wahrheit und nichts als die Wahrheit zeigt die Schattenseiten des überlasteten Strafgerichtssystems von Los Angeles. Hauptdarsteller Denzel Washington spielt einen motivierten, idealistischen Strafverteidiger, dessen Leben auf den Kopf gestellt wird, als sein Mentor, eine Bürgerrechts-Ikone, stirbt. Als er von einem Unternehmen angestellt wird, das ein ehemaliger Student des legendären Mentors leitet – der ambitionierte Anwalt George Pierce (Colin Farrell) – schließt Roman Freundschaft mit einer jungen Verfechterin für Gleichberechtigung (Carmen Ejogo). Eine Reihe turbulenter Ereignisse sind die Folge, die den Aktivismus, der Romans bisherige Karriere geprägt hat, auf die Probe stellt. (Sony Pictures DE)
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I can't help but feel, while watching Roman J. Israel, Esq. that it was actually made for one reason only - for Denzel to show his mastery, which was confirmed, but unfortunately it didn't turn out to be a really good film, at least not in all respects. It's as if the other actors are extras and the setting is just a backdrop.
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I'm giving the film one star for Denzel Washington's performance, and the other one for the fact that there were a few moments that got me intrigued (namely three). I wonder why such an incredibly boring screenplay was written, why it was turned into an incredibly boring film, why the film has a two-hour running time, and why I wasted those two hours watching it. I don't think even Mulder and Scully could figure that out for me.
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Nowadays they will turn a story of any idiot fighting for the rights of not only black people into a movie for an Oscar nomination. Actually, the movie mirrors today’s situation in Hollywood. In a few years, nobody will remember this movie.
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This is Dan Gilroy's second feature film, this time much less focused and precise than the first. Too bad, because Denzel Washington thoroughly enjoys this afro alternative idealistic lawyer, and, after all his gangsters and equalizers, it's quite fun to watch him in a rather uncharacteristic role of a stuttering obese weirdo, suffering from partial autism. However, he is used more as a solitaire than as a suitable supporting aspect of a story about good and evil, right living and legal ideology, vs uncompromising materialism and hypocrisy, both of which are displayed clearly, and that is never the case. Quite short-sighted and not even extremely entertaining and engaging.
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