The Advocate

1993

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / History / Mystery / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 82% · 11 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 52% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 2306 2.3K

court case child murder animal attack dark comedy gothic witchcraft

Director

Leslie Megahey Photo
Leslie Megahey

Top cast

Colin Firth Photo
Colin Firth as Richard Courtois
Vernon Dobtcheff Photo
Vernon Dobtcheff as Apothecary
Lysette Anthony Photo
Lysette Anthony as Filette d'Auferre
Ian Holm Photo
Ian Holm as Albertus
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940.28 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
R
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 2
1.7 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
R
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by David N. 7 / 10

Solid film that never overcomes quirk factor

I saw this film as "The Advocate," not that it matters, but just so you know. The place where I rented it didn't have the original box, so I had NO idea what the film was about. I was, um, surprised.Colin Firth plays a 15th-century lawyer (called an advocate) who moves to the country from Paris. He wants to get in touch with the real essence of the law, defending the common folk and such. As it turns out, animals can be charged with crimes as well. Poor Colin finds himself defending rats and a pig in open court. (I could make a really obvious crack about the parallels to the practices of modern law, but that's a tad crass. Truthful, but crass.)The film's claim that the secret of the movie is along the same lines of "The Crying Game" is surely meant as a joke. Still, the movie spends too much dwelling on the absurdity of defending animals and not enough time finding a story to tell. There is some twaddle about defending a beautiful gypsy woman's pig in a murder trial, but it is never gripping or, sadly, interesting.The acting make up for the triteness of the story, though. Firth is solid and has some great scenes with the Seigneur who owns the land and the village Firth comes to reside in. There is also a small appearance by the wonderful, underrated, nuanced, subtle IAN HOLM~ as a shady priest. The cast raises the film from the status of sideshow curiosity.While the "Crying Game" style secret is a reference to the murder case that is (ultimately) shuffled off to the side of the movie, I have no problem revealing another big secret of "The Advocate": the sow is really a hog!!!
Reviewed by pmoran-3 8 / 10

this is a great movie, acting wonderful by Firth, Holmes

I am surprised this film is not more popular. Only sorry i did not see it on the big screen, but found the plot interesting, and the acting superior, especially C.Firth and Ian holm. Some of the lines are very amusing, especially from Courtois' clerk. I have watched this many times, and never find it boring, See it for a good watch.
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