The Devil's Advocate

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

Critics in 1997 landed in mixed-to-middling territory, broadly agreeing the film was entertaining but divided on whether its supernatural ambitions overwhelmed its legal-thriller grounding — and on whether Pacino's volcanic performance was a feature or a bug. Audience affection has only grown since, with retrospective writers treating it as a gleefully disreputable cult item that contemporary critics were too measured to fully embrace.