Kevin's wife just wants to have a baby and is distressed by Kevin always being on a case and never at home. The case involves a school teacher accused of molesting a young girl from his class; he is guilty, but to set the tone for the film and to convey Kevin’s ability as a lawyer, he manages to win the case in favour of his paedophile client. The Devil’s Advocate is a powerful and forever interesting film about the dangers of losing your way in life, pursuing what you believe to be the right things and more importantly, pursuing things that you are told are right. His boss and mentor, John Milton, seems to always know how to overcome every problem and that just freaks Kevin right off. if only there were more such films instead of the dumbing-down media we have been forced-fed since 2001. Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) is a successful defense attorney in Gainesville, Florida. In The Devil's Advocate, Keanu Reeves' Kevin Lomax gets a somewhat happy ending, at least until a devilish reveal that implies something much worse. 1997 - The movies I've seen Best to Worst. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out /  Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. The next day, Kevin receives word that Gettys has been acquitted. Mary Ann, I think, would agree with me as I say; progression is not the same as uprooting your life. Meaning | Synonyms. A film far too relevant for our own times, The Devil’s Advocate should be a film shown in schools. for me, this is the greatest movie of all time. An exceptionally adept Florida lawyer is offered a job at a high-end New York City law firm with a high-end boss - the biggest opportunity of his career to date. these things are also found in such books as Bhagavad-gita, Shreemad-Bhagavatam and Ramayana. ( Log Out /  Pingback: All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006) | Film & Philosophy, Good, but Kevin was from Gainsville, Florida, not California, as a preacher for the Hare Krishna movement, i listen to this soundtrack several times a year. Usually greed and selfishness prevent that and there is always one bad apple in every barrel” – Rick Danko. Defence attorney Kevin Lomax has never lost one single case. This new job offer would mean that the couple earn so much that she would not need to work anymore, something Mary Ann has been doing since the age of 13. Even though The Devil's Advocate was advertised with copious pictures of Keanu and Pacino "Daddy and Me"-style, the real heart of this movie is all Theron. the speeches by the Devil are the quintessential teachings of demoniac philosophy. | The amount of symbolism and imagery is enough to make you want to write an entire essay but, I will focus on four things: the consuming nature of power, greed, arrogance and vanity. Most movies about lawyers involve selling your soul to the devil, but “Devil's Advocate” is the first in which the devil gets more dialogue than the lawyers. Minor details. Taste, don't swallow. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney who never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. | Synopsis After successfully defending a high school teacher, Gettys, who is accused of molesting a young girl named Barbara (Heather Matarazzo). The Devil's advocate opposed God's advocate (Latin: advocatus Dei; also known as the Promoter of the Cause), whose task was to make the argument in favor of canonization. John Milton: Free will. The film, which was made in 1997 brought two cinematic giants, Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves together with a supporting cast which included Connie Nielsen, Charlize Theron and Craig T. Nelson. A sharply-dressed John Milton (Al Pacino) watches him from afar. ( Log Out /  The Devil’s Advocate is a very interesting film, and a glossy example of the barren life Socrates often warned of: “Beware the barrenness of a busy life”. He only finds himself on the receiving end of trouble when his boss is the Devil himself and has some treacherous plans up his sleeve for Kevin. Some generalisations in terms of perceptions of The Devil in religions and cultures, but the point is – he’s bad. The Devil's Advocate (1997) Plot. Plot Keywords So, this is for the Kevins of the world, and more specifically, the ones who have been lost to Kevin’s greedy and soul-annihilating ways. Al Pacino, a Legendary Actor - What Is Your Favourite Performance?