Denzel Washington gives a great performance in this drama about an idiosyncratic Los Angeles lawyer, possibly with Asperger's, trying to adapt to huge changes in his life. Washington (last blogged for Fences) sports a shaggy Afro, shabby clothes, and a space between his teeth that is, off-screen, normally covered with dental work. In great contrast, Colin Farrell (most recently in The Beguiled) is convincing as a slick, tailored, lawyer in a high rise downtown building. Carmen Ejogo (last in Born To Be Blue) supports as the kindly Maya.
Director/writer Dan Gilroy is no stranger to intense characters, as evidenced by his last picture, Nightcrawler, in which he did the same jobs and was Oscar-nominated for the script. His son Sam Gilroy plays a young lawyer at the firm.
You may not remember James Newton Howard's (most recently scored Detroit) compositions (stream 38 minutes of soundtrack here) because of all the great songs, many of which are listed on imdb and can be streamed from this page.
Rotten Tomatoes' critics and audiences are not too enthusiastic, averaging 50 and 67%. You can probably wait for the DVD but Denzel and Colin are awfully good.
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