Just Legal

Baltimore SunDavid 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.

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

These attorneys quickly become characters, not just caricatures, and make "Just Legal" very easy to enjoy.

USA TodayRobert Bianco

There is something extraordinarily appealing about the show's central pair.

The New York TimesAlessandra 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.

PopMattersSamantha Bornemann

Sure, this has all been done before, but familiarity doesn't make Just Legal any less fun.

Hollywood ReporterBarry 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.

Chicago TribuneSid Smith

The plotting is OK, the dialogue is better and the two leads are appealing.

Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman

There's promise here, as long as it gets grittier and funnier, and doesn't descend into bombast.

Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland

There's something weirdly charming about the pair's chemistry.

Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield

It's rather old-fashioned, except that there's something real about the chemistry.

TV GuideMatt Roush

Mostly overcomes its contrived premise and clichéd courtroom theatrics with well-played characters you might actually root for.

Detroit Free PressMike Duffy

A gimmicky, cliched legal drama that seems to have been unearthed from 20 years ago.

Entertainment WeeklyDalton Ross

The constant moral back-patting leaves me feeling, well, limp. [30 Sep 2005, p.87]

VarietyBrian Lowry

It's Don Johnson's irascible charm as a boozing, bottom-feeding barrister that occasionally elevates this hour above its mundane legal jockeying.

San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

By no means is "Just Legal" a top-notch drama as yet, but it certainly has potential to be agreeable lighter fare.

San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum

Baruchel and Johnson (who is quite appealing in his role) have real chemistry.

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

It's a formulaic, lazily devised legal series that fails to surprise or amuse.

Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker

The central issue about Just Legal is that it's such a predictable series.

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

"Just Legal" is just tedious.

Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm

Stunningly flat.

Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin

Give it credit for consistency: a bad concept, badly written for bad actors.