BrianSez's Review

Summary - Good 3.0

Lincoln invokes feelings of a made-for-TV series as it presents us with Matthew McConaughey as the smooth lawyer Mick Haller. The movie title promotes the fact that Haller does business out of a Lincoln – but that’s just a minor novelty for a good old fashioned crime/law thriller with a nice intensity build-up, some decent twists, and character drama along the way. Lincoln didn’t top my charts, but it was solid entertainment.

Acting - Good 3.0

McConaughey does surprisingly well with his southern charm and smooth operator shtick. An all around good performance. I was less impressed with Marisa Tomei, whom I always like to see, but she didn’t seem to add a lot to the story – except raise the question: why were her and Haller divorced? I’m also a big William Macy fan – a solid performance as McConaughey’s side kick. And then there was the smug faced Ryan Phillipe as the bad-boy – another solid performance.

Film - OK 2.5

I’m really curious to see if they try to make some sort of TV show out of this. The movie reeked of “made for TV”. Unfortunately, I don’t go to the movies for a made for TV feeling, so what only earns a “Good” on the big screen likely would have earned a “very good” on the boob-tube.

Edge - Tame 1.5

Reality - Glib 1.3

1 Comment

• Wick Mar 18, 2011 7:04PM

  Regarding BigdaddyDave’s Review
  ‘The mustache alone should get an award for “Best Facial Hair”.’ Good one.

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