Exactly underrated

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It's surely hugely underrated man, you're right. Pacino is great in this one. Truly one of his best perofrmances. It deserves to be in the top 250. Why people gave it 7 i can't understand. Apart from Pacino, the story is great, it's full of minor-supporting stories in it, and it's about the major flaws of law system of US. And it's not only problem of the US (as being a non-US citizen), in whole world it must be an issue that people should think about. It's the truth that is murdered everyday.

ICAM. Pacino gives a mesmerizing performance in this film which deservedly earned him an Oscar nomination...the scene at the climax of the film where her turns on his own client (John Forsythe) is a classic.

Agreed. Each time I watch the final trial scene, I get goosebumps. It's a shame Al didn't win an Oscar but at least he got nominated.
That's one amazing movie any movie fan MUST watch, especially Al Pacino fans. 9/10.



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I think this is Pacino's best performance comparred to The Godfather 1&2 & "Scarface".

Just so no one gets mad later, my comments that follow will contain spoilers.

I've seen this movie a few times over the years. I just now watched it again and decided to come here to see what other viewers have thought of it. I've also recently re-watched "Scent of a Woman". That said, in my opinion (which is the reason this message board is here; I also like typing "opinion"--it's one of those words that are typed all with one hand) "Scent" is over-rated and "Justice" is under-rated. Here's why:

Pacino has had some great roles and given some terrific performances: Dog Day Afternoon, Godfathers I & II (III should never have been made; like Jaws 2 and Jaws 3D, it was unnecessary and cheapens the original), Justice for all, Scent of a Woman, some others, but that's enough for my discussion. "Scent", his Ocscar-winner, was not his best performance. It's very good, but rather one-dimensional, as are his performances in the Godfathers, really.

This movie, though, is one of his best, if not his best. Everyone always refers to the climactic closing courtroom scene, but the movie is full of great moments. My favorite is the scene in the parking garage with that lawyer buddy of his, the guy from Die Hard With A Vengeance (Bryggmann?) after Agee committed suicide. There's so much realism. In another scene, where he first brings Christine Lahti back to his apartment, notice how comfortable Pacino is in the kitchen. He goes in the drawers and cabinets and lights the stove and candles as though he's really lived there, knows where everything is, and has done it all a million times. The mark of a good actor is when you don't notice him acting. These two scenes are all that.

Justice deserves better than a 7 rating. It's certainly not without its faults. I would like to see it re-edited without the hokey 70's-movie-music so common at the time. And I think Jewison could have done a better job with the helicopter scene--in the shots of Pacino and Jack Warden inside the copter the blades behind them are obviously and annoyingly moving too slow.

Some comments have complained that the story is slow-moving or even boring. I don't know what kind of movies these people were raised on. And the performances are all first-rate.

For all you complainers, go back and watch it again.

Just watched this movie recently, this movie certainly has staying power after all these years. It was nice to watch a Pacino movie when he did not fully have his modern-day raspiness in his voice, although his courtroom outbursts in this movie may have attributed to it :-)

definetly underrated.!!