...And Justice for All 1979

Critics score:
81 / 100

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Vincent Canby, New York Times: With the exception of Mr. Strasberg and Mr. Levene, the actors are as hysterical as their material. Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: 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. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: ...And Justice for All has no part in the stock trade of shock witnesses and surprising revelations. This is about how too many guilty people walk while the innocent take their places in overcrowded jails. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Here's an angry comedy crossed with an expose and held together by one of those high-voltage Al Pacino performances that's so sure of itself we hesitate to demur. Read more

Time Out: Aims to do for the American judicial system what All the President's Men did for the presidency, and if Jewison had only maintained the tone of the superb original screenplay, he might have succeeded. Read more

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