| 80 |
Baltimore Sun David Zurawik
Baruchel... plays Ross with a winningly earnest goofiness, while Johnson skillfully navigates the darkly comic territory of being over the hill and irritated by everything and everyone who reminds him of his glory days. |
| 75 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
These attorneys quickly become characters, not just caricatures, and make "Just Legal" very easy to enjoy. |
| 75 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
There is something extraordinarily appealing about the show's central pair. |
| 70 |
The New York Times Alessandra Stanley
Mr. Johnson is surprisingly deft, and even at times poignant, in the part. Even when the plot and other characters turn cartoonish, he manages to strike a deeper chord. |
| 70 |
PopMatters Samantha Bornemann
Sure, this has all been done before, but familiarity doesn't make Just Legal any less fun. |
| 70 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
If you can ignore for a moment a logical flaw that permeates the series, you'll find an absorbing, well-paced legal drama with both heart and attitude, not to mention cinematography good enough to carry the Jerry Bruckheimer imprimatur. |
| 70 |
Chicago Tribune Sid Smith
The plotting is OK, the dialogue is better and the two leads are appealing. |
| 63 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
There's promise here, as long as it gets grittier and funnier, and doesn't descend into bombast. |
| 60 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
There's something weirdly charming about the pair's chemistry. |
| 60 |
Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield
It's rather old-fashioned, except that there's something real about the chemistry. |
| 60 |
TV Guide Matt Roush
Mostly overcomes its contrived premise and clichéd courtroom theatrics with well-played characters you might actually root for. |
| 50 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
A gimmicky, cliched legal drama that seems to have been unearthed from 20 years ago. |
| 50 |
Entertainment Weekly Dalton Ross
The constant moral back-patting leaves me feeling, well, limp. [30 Sep 2005, p.87] |
| 50 |
Variety Brian Lowry
It's Don Johnson's irascible charm as a boozing, bottom-feeding barrister that occasionally elevates this hour above its mundane legal jockeying. |
| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
By no means is "Just Legal" a top-notch drama as yet, but it certainly has potential to be agreeable lighter fare. |
| 50 |
San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum
Baruchel and Johnson (who is quite appealing in his role) have real chemistry. |
| 40 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
It's a formulaic, lazily devised legal series that fails to surprise or amuse. |
| 40 |
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
The central issue about Just Legal is that it's such a predictable series. |
| 30 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
"Just Legal" is just tedious. |
| 10 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
Stunningly flat. |
| 0 |
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
Give it credit for consistency: a bad concept, badly written for bad actors. |
