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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 7 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 7 m

Summary Song Woo-seok has no clients, connections, or even a college degree, but his eye for business and appetite for money turn him into one of the most successful lawyers in town. But right at the peak of his success, a local teenager is falsely accused of a crime, then beaten and tortured while waiting in jail. Shocked by these conditions, S...

Directed By: Woo-seok Yang

Written By: Yoon Hyeon-ho, Woo-seok Yang

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 7 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 7 m

The Attorney

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Song Woo-seok has no clients, connections, or even a college degree, but his eye for business and appetite for money turn him into one of the most successful lawyers in town. But right at the peak of his success, a local teenager is falsely accused of a crime, then beaten and tortured while waiting in jail. Shocked by these conditions, S...

Directed By: Woo-seok Yang

Written By: Yoon Hyeon-ho, Woo-seok Yang

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
55
43% Positive
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57% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
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57% Mixed
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75
Feb 6, 2014
The Attorney can be melodramatic, and first-time feature director Yang Woo-seok is not yet a singular filmmaker. But the movie is carried by its rousing pro- democracy message and a lively performance from the versatile leading man.
By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 10, 2014
The pacing gradually accelerates after a leisurely first act, so that The Attorney easily sustains interest, and often stirs emotions.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 5, 2014
An inspired-by-real-events drama that finds honor, decency, and sacrifice in the legal profession, The Attorney is a rousing old-Hollywood tale of one man risking everything for a just cause.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 9, 2014
Despite its shameless manipulations and unsubtle approach, it’s an ambitious and well-intentioned feature debut from a director whose future efforts bear attention.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 6, 2014
Mr. Song puts his usual big heart into the character, though there aren’t many layers or nuances to the drama. Every scene does its job, tears flowing on cue.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 5, 2014
The narrative may hit all the markers, but its transparent attempts to wring emotion fail to move.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 6, 2014
The Attorney is on the side of justice, but it's a ham-fisted dramatization of real-life events that mistakes anger for persuasion.
By Inkoo Kang FULL REVIEW

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Production Company WithUs Films
Release Date Feb 7, 2014
Duration 2 h 7 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.bengonin.ayapro.ne.jp/
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Awards

Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
• 4 Wins & 12 Nominations
Blue Dragon Awards
• 4 Wins & 11 Nominations
Baek Sang Art Awards
• 3 Wins & 8 Nominations

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