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Name: Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Released: 2017-11-17
Cast: Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Lynda Gravatt, Amanda Warren

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

PG-13
2h 2m
2017

55%

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Roman J. Israel, Esq. is a dramatic thriller set in the overburdened Los Angeles criminal court system. Denzel Washington stars as a driven, idealistic defense attorney whose life is disrupted when a turbulent series of events challenge the activism that has defined his career. Colin Farrell costars as the ambitious, monied lawyer who recruits Roman to his firm.

Director:

Dan Gilroy

Producer:

Jennifer Fox, Todd Black, Denzel Washington

Cast:

Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Lynda Gravatt, Amanda Warren, Hugo Armstrong, Sam Gilroy, Tony Plana, DeRon Horton, Amari Cheatom

FEATURES

Locked video

Denzel Washington: Becoming Roman

5 MIN

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The Making of Roman J. Israel, ESQ.

10 MIN

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Colin Farrell: Discovering George

4 MIN

Deleted Scenes

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

55%

Critics Consensus: Intriguing yet heavy-handed, Roman J. Israel, Esq. makes the most of -- but never quite lives up to -- Denzel Washington's magnetic performance in the title role.

Reviews

Midwest Film Journal

Nick Rogers

What a delight to see an acting institution unto himself — crafting a chatty character of almost unspoken complexity who is tearful, fallible, mortal, deeply despondent and absolutely unlike anything Denzel Washington has ever done.

Gilroy and Washington deftly open up this character’s quirks and complexities, and even when the narrative begins to wander Roman is still the focus.

However noble the film's intentions, the material receives a muddied and unclear treatment from its director and star.

Tries to be a morality play, a character study, an indictment of the unjust legal system and occasionally a thriller, a romance and a drama about mental illness.

The movie tries to walk a razor's edge and almost pulls it off.

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