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Name: The Devil's Advocate
Director: Taylor Hackford
Genre: drama, horror, mystery
Released: 1997
Duration: 2 h 24 min
Rating: 7.5

The Devil's Advocate has an iRankMovies score of 69.3/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Devil's Advocate (1997)

The newest attorney at the world's most powerful law firm has never lost a case. But he's about to lose his soul.

Release:1997

Runtime:2h 24m

Country:Germany

Director:Taylor Hackford

Language:English

Genre

DramaHorrorMystery

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Keywords

Child AbuseSouthern UsaMarriage CrisisObsessionBibleSeductionHallucinationDevil S Son

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The Devil's Advocate rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.5/10· 440K votes

Rotten Tomatoes65%

Metacritic60%

TMDb7.472/10· 7K votes

With 65% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 60/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About The Devil's Advocate

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

Cast of The Devil's Advocate

Keanu Reeves
as Kevin Lomax
Al Pacino
as John Milton
Charlize Theron
as Mary Ann Lomax
Jeffrey Jones
as Eddie Barzoon
Judith Ivey
as Mrs. Lomax
Connie Nielsen
as Christabella
Craig T. Nelson
as Alexander Cullen
Tamara Tunie
as Jackie Heath
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
as Leamon Heath
Debra Monk
as Pam Garrety
Vyto Ruginis
as Weaver
Laura Harrington
as Melissa Black

The Devil's Advocate facts

Budget: $57M
Box office: $153M

Our take on The Devil's Advocate

Taylor Hackford's 1997 film follows Kevin Lomax, an ambitious Florida defense lawyer with a spotless winning streak, who accepts a coveted position at a New York firm. As the cases grow larger and the stakes climb, he begins to sense that his charismatic new boss is orchestrating something far darker than career advancement. Blending drama, horror and mystery, the film uses the legal world as a stage for a slow-building moral seduction, letting ambition and temptation tighten around its protagonist. It suits viewers who like their thrillers glossy and allegorical, comfortable with supernatural menace beneath the courtroom polish, and anyone drawn to stories about the cost of getting what you want.

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