Keanu Reeves completely ruins this movie...
Nuff said...Extremely unbearable to watch in the court scenes..
shareI thought he was good except for a small handful of times where his southern accent sounded unintentionally funny.
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MovieChat Forums > The Devil's Advocate (1997) Discussion > Keanu Reeves completely ruins this movie...
He was pretty bad when he tried to act in the 90s, especially when he did accents, though showed signs of improvement in The Gift
shareaccent aside (problem with most actors)
he is good here!!
Yeah, I thought he was really good. Not at Pacino's level, of course, and Theron rocked every scene she was in, but Reeves was good. One of his best. The accent was bad, but he seems to only do it in half the scenes he's in, so it's not like we had to suffer the whole time. Plus, his generic southern US accent wasn't as bad as the speech impediment he had during Dracula.
shareApart from the accent (which I can get over) I thought this was some of his best acting. Especially the scene in the hospital when he wants to stop Charlize Theron's character from killing herself and afterwards. The entire scene with Pacino at the end was incredibly well acted (I'm a lawyer, I don't lose, I win, that's my job!) is just one of those scenes that always grabs me from beginning to end.
shareReeves is great as a taciturn action man, and hit-or-miss outside of that wheelhouse. But, yeah, this is a hit. Yes, his accent is dodgy, but not as distracting as his English "accent". He's great here. I also like him more and more. I think he's gotten better. Although The Devil's Advocate is an older movie, he's good here. But generally I think he's improved. Henry's Crime is a pretty neat little movie and he's good as more of a "regular Joe" in that one. He's a weird cult leader/post-apocalyptic desert lord in The Bad Batch. It's not a great movie - very uneven - but Reeves is interesting in it. I also liked him in The Neon Demon as the sleazy motel guy.
Yeah, he's great in the scenes you single out.
He's not one of my favorite actors but I think that's just it, KR is not an actor, he's a movie star. I believe there is a difference. He was pretty good in The Matrix films though.
One of the best parts in this movie is when Pacino acts like Reeves for a few seconds, that scene is so funny. Al totally nails that dry emoting KR has. And wouldn't you know it... its on youtube...
fast forward to the 3:24 mark... (***SPOILERS****)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Hzn1ko7WE
Dude, that’s not Pacino ‘acting like Reeves’, it’s a Reeves audio clip dubbed over Pacino. Pacino’s just mouthing along, like when he sings that Sinatra song a few minutes later.
shareIt really sounds like Pacino to me. You got a link confirming that it's not Pacino's voice? I decided to throw in my DVD of this movie, turn on the audio commentary and fast forward to this part of the film and unfortunately, Hackford makes no comment on it.
Still, either way, he definitely captures that dryness of Keanu's acting style. lol...
Haha! It just is. It’s too exact, Pacino is not a versatile voice actor, he’s playing the devil who can pull all kinds of supernatural trickery, and he does exactly the same thing minutes later with Sinatra 🤷🏻♂️ It’s Keanu’s voice.
shareI'm not convinced, we may need to get a few more opinions on it.
shareAre you trolling? That’s obviously Reeve’s voice dubbed over Pacino.
sharePacino is a good enough actor to fake Keanu's voice. Wiseup.
shareIt doesn’t matter how good Pacino is as an actor, he cannot perfectly mimic Keanu, and as the devil he has the power to speak in different tongues, be that of Keanu or Frank Sinatra, and in both cases the voices were dubbed. Get a clue.
He is good at action, but not acting. It seems he has at least figured that out.
shareReeves is no great actor but he’s a solid leading man with a unique charm and a certain ‘purity’ to him. That said, he does a very good job here, going toe-to-toe with the great Pacino.
The only role where he’s unequivocally terrible is Bram Stoker’s Dracula, but in that case his bad acting actually adds to the camp comedy of that film.
I can't forgive the come and go terrible southern accent or the bouts of over acting in this movie. The fact that he doesn't get cast for non action roles anymore says a lot about his range.
shareI can’t comment on the authenticity of his accent, I don’t doubt a Southerner could pick it apart but I didn’t find it distractingly bad at all. In fact, some of his delivery is hilarious ‘Is he cut, or not?’, ‘…I call Melissa Black’.
I was impressed by some of his heavier acting moments, especially when Theron slashes her throat and is bleeding out. If he was overacting with Pacino I didn’t notice - Pacino has made a career of overacting and I love it.
Reeves has been cast in plenty of non-action films of late. He did Bill & Ted, a bunch of dramas and thrillers, and lots of voice work. His small role in The Neon Demon as a psychotic motel owner was genuinely intimidating. He’s one of the few remaining movie stars.
The latest Bill and Ted....really? If that's what you're using for a basis of good acting from Reeves (it was definitely an action comedy,fyi), I'd say you just made my point for me. Bit parts and unnamed movies don't carry much water for me. The reality is, he hasn't done a big budget dramatic role in a long time, for a reason. Incidentally, I'm a huge fan of his, but I'm honest with myself about his limitations.
shareI’m not using the latest Bill & Ted as an example of good acting, I’m using it - along with the other examples I mentioned - to counter your claim that ‘he doesn't get cast for non action roles anymore’. Evidently he does.
What are ‘unnamed movies’?
you said "a bunch of drama and thrillers". Those are unnamed movies. You didn't provide other examples besides an indie bit part. Once again, it's a fact that he doesn't get leading roles in big budget movies that aren't action, and hasn't for a while. Action comedy sequels during covid notwithstanding.
shareyou said "a bunch of drama and thrillers". Those are unnamed movies.
Right, well go on imdb and you’ll be able to see all their names.
Once again, it's a fact that he doesn't get leading roles in big budget movies that aren't action, and hasn't for a while.
New goalposts. I’m challenging your original assertion which was that ‘he doesn't get cast for non action roles anymore’. Evidently he does. share
You didn't name them, so they were unnamed. Why are you being such a clown to support some narrative you wish to be true. Movies that he's been in that nobody has seen and didn't get theatrical releases are irrelevant when talking about a fucking movie star. Don't be obtuse for convenience. He used to be cast in hollywood big budget dramas, romance movies and rom coms. Hollywood obviously recognized his limited range so he doesn't get those anymore. Hanging your hat on some bullshit indy projects that you can't even name and probably haven't seen yourself so you direct me to imdb, is something only a douchebag would do to say they are right rather than acknowledge the fact they aren't without relying on semantics. You yourself referred to him as "one of the last remaining movie stars"...yeah, that means big budget movies. Nobody has referred to an arthouse actor or a straight to video actor as a "movie star", so if anyone is moving the goalposts, it's you.
shareYou're just embarrassing yourself now. Shifting the goalposts and turning into a squealing bitch won’t stop you from being wrong.
You said ‘he doesn't get cast for non action roles anymore’. Evidently he does. You blurted out an assertion before checking the facts and got it wrong. Rather than admit it and move on, you’ve chosen to bitch-out and deploy some weak-ass sophistry.
I’ve taken a screenshot of your original comment in case you’re contemplating editing it to fit your narrative.
You said he's a movie star you fucking clown, yet talk about bit parts and indy projects that never got theatrical releases. Nobody considers that movie star level acting. Screenshot all you want. Most people will recognize you grasping at straws to make your mancrush of Keanu a reality in your head only. Jesus, you're the only fuckhole that saw this movie that thinks his southern accent is fine.🤣🤡 Dudes an action star only. I don't know if you think he'll see your fantasy about his acting on an obscure website and let you suck his cock, but that seems to be your motivation. Heres a hint, he won't, and you'll be left jerking off while pretending he still gets serious roles that actually get released in theaters. I'm done with you, you goddamn tool. However, since your pathetic Keanu cock loving self is far beneath me, you may eat my ass and pretend it's him.
shareLook at all of that impotent rage 🤣 and now your bitching-out includes homoerotic fantasies about sucking cock and eating ass?? Try to keep your sexual proclivities to yourself, this is a movie discussion forum.
Again, you said ‘he doesn't get cast for non action roles anymore’. Evidently he does. You blurted out an assertion before checking the facts and got it wrong. Rather than admit it and move on, you’ve chosen to bitch-out and deploy some weak-ass sophistry.
Yeah, there it is. Eat my ass like a good boy. You're doing great. Don't miss that piece of corn. Mmmm, you are a good little ass eating bitch, aren't you.
shareIf only you’d just said ‘my bad, Keanu has actually been cast in non-action movie roles, I just wasn’t aware of them’ you could have avoided this embarrassing public humiliation.
Instead here you are spewing your gross fantasies about eating man-ass in a pathetic, cringe-inducing attempt to deflect from the fact that you were wrong about a fairly trivial point 🤦🏻♂️
Oh, back for more I see. Well, get on up there and eat that ass. You love it like a good little bitch does. Yeah, you can pretend it's Keanu, I don't mind.
shareYou said ‘I’m done with you’ yet you keep coming back to try and defend your ego from being wrong and to broadcast your homosexuality. This is a place for movie discussion, not gay hook-up dude!
When you’re on Grinder, what kind of things do you say to attract other guys? Tell everyone here. Go…
You think my ass is snacktastic, because you just can't leave it alone! Get up in there and eat that ass. I'm not even bothering to wipe at this point, because you are keeping my ass so clean. Well done.
shareWorse Southern accent. Even more egregious than Spaniel Craig's.
shareIt was still better than his performance in Dracula.
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