Al Pacino, noisy and effective, yet totally out of control, as a disillusioned Baltimore lawyer, gets to grandstand shamelessly; he gives the movie what little power it has, but the performance is all hollow showmanship.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 23, 2024

Some scenes are grim and tragic, some pure farce, some manifestations of paranoia of daily life in these times, but Jewison has not found the glue to meld them together. His anxiety ridden film is too often hot and cold running water.

| Sep 22, 2024

The codification of Pacino’s movie star persona, the first time he started treating that magnificent head of hair as a co-headliner and when his squeaky Michael Corleone whisper got gruff.

| Jan 22, 2024

And Justice For All is an excessive film. It has a lot to say and sometimes loses its breath, chokes and stutters. But it is good, and at times excellent. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jan 17, 2024

...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL is a blistering satirical commentary on the American judicial system in general and specifically the correctly perceived two sets of rules for society's haves and the have-nots.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 31, 2022

While undercut slightly by some misjudged comedic scenes along the way, this is still one for Pacino completists to tick off their watch lists.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 8, 2021

...the actor's completely convincing, impressively lived-in turn as the sympathetic protagonist effectively anchors the proceedings and carries it through its sporadic less-than-enthralling stretches...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 10, 2021

A courtroom drama that traces an interesting speech about the ethical contradictions of the American legal system, but not even the decent performance of Al Pacino can rescue a plot that sinks in the jail of emptiness. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jan 23, 2021

As it moves towards its stunning conclusion, it's difficult not to become completely immersed in this tragic tale of the search for truth and justice.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Aug 27, 2020

Biting humor and dynamic drama blend well in this episodic story of an honest lawyer's struggle with the corruption, technicalities and loopholes of the American judicial system.

| May 27, 2020

With Al Pacino starring and Norman Jewison directing, the Joe Wizan presentation for Columbia release socks across an often scathing, surprisingly funny and constantly terrifying scan of today's judicial system

| Oct 21, 2019

Pacino does his best with a well-meaning but unfocused script, which often concentrates too much on politics, thus failing to do justice to its characters.

| May 8, 2013

Justice is seldom as deep or trenchant as it wants to be, but there's abundant pleasure to be gleaned from skating along its surfaces.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 24, 2013

Attempts to alternate between comedy and drama, handling neither one incompetently, but also not excelling at either task.

| Jan 24, 2013

A tiresome and pointless film where Pacino is wasted as a witness to a parade of lunatics.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 24, 2013

If an uneasy mix of humour and sadness never quite gels, its message is clear and its cast uniformly strong.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 24, 2013

Pacino alternando com fluidez entre momentos intensos e outros de introspeco, um roteiro bem construdo e um clmax inesquecvel.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 24, 2010

years after watching it you'll have no idea what the central trial was all about... but you'll certainly remember that, whatever it was, it was out of order!

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 21, 2008

Pacino at the top of his game...[but] the film's lack of faith in its audience is glaringly apparent. [DVD review]

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 9, 2008

Al Pacino gives a dominant performance as a lawyer whose morals are compromised, but director Norman Jewison can't find the right balance between the critical and satirical elements of the legal system.

| Original Score: B- | Mar 1, 2008