great script!

Rating: 9/10 (25 September 2000)

"the Devil's Advocate" was robbed of a 'Best Screenplay' nomination at the Oscars!
Although many would consider this film as a case of "lawyer bashing", it's inevitable that a screenwriter would choose the law profession to expose the human boundaries between right and wrong, justice and greed, spirituality and humanism.
We all know that defense lawyers deal with the fact that at times they truly believe that their clients are guilty, as well as prosecutors knowing that the defendant is innocent. It's all about self-mobility, which begets self-want. That's where the Devil steps in. For those that betray justice, honor, humility, and the ones they love; those people have truly become advocates of the Devil.
This film would make a great double feature with Abel Ferrara's "Bad Lieutenant"
And needless to say, nobody could play the Devil better than Pacino.