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The Lincoln Lawyer

2011 · Movie · 119 min

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Scores

  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer83%as of 2026-01-15
  • Rotten Tomatoes average6.7/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic63/100as of 2026-01-15

What it is

The Lincoln Lawyer is a 2011 American legal thriller film directed by Brad Furman and written by John Romano, based on the 2005 novel of the same title by Michael Connelly. It stars Matthew McConaughey as the titular lawyer, Mickey Haller. Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, Josh Lucas, John Leguizamo, William H. Macy, and Bryan Cranston also star.

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Genres
Crime / Thriller / Drama
Original language
English

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