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The Attorney

Byeonhoin (The Attorney)

2013

Yang Woo-seok

Song Kang-ho, Yim Si-wan, Kim Yeong-ae, Kwak Do-won ...

7.1

245

Drama Song Woo-seok (Song Kang-ho) has no clients, connections, or even a college degree, but his eye for business and appetite for money turn him into one of the most successful lawyers in town. But right at the peak of his success, a local teenager is falsely accused of a crime, then beaten and tortured while waiting in jail. Shocked by these conditions, Song changes the course of his life, and takes on the case no one else will.

	Author	Review
United States	Nicolas Rapold The New York Times	"Every scene does its job, tears flowing on cue."	POS
United States	Mark Jenkins The Washington Post	"The movie is carried by its rousing pro- democracy message and a lively performance from the versatile leading man (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Kevin Jagernauth IndieWire	"By time 'The Attorney' gets to its rousing finish followed by tragic anti-climax, the movie has buckled under its own idealism"	NEU
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] begins as an amusing character study of a shady lawyer before transforming into an earnest courtroom drama in its second half"	POS
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"A sturdily constructed and intelligently compelling courtroom melodrama. Of course, it helps immeasurably that Song Kang-ho (...) propels the fact-based plot with a charismatic lead performance"	POS

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