The two shows today just dropped on Netflix over the weekend. One is a legal series that’s adapted from the novels of Michael Connelly. The second is broad comedy that relies on Rebel Wilson and a single-note High School premise.
The two shows today just dropped on Netflix over the weekend. One is a legal series that’s adapted from the novels of Michael Connelly, so it’s hard to go wrong here. The second is broad comedy that relies on Rebel Wilson and a single-note High School premise. Funny in parts, but lacking as a whole.
The Lincoln Lawyer – Mickey Haller should be no stranger to many of us. Crime novelist Michael Connelly first wrote about him via the 2005 novel The Lincoln Lawyer, and we had a film adaptation in 2011 that starred Matthew McConaughey as the idealistic but damaged lawyer who worked out of his Lincoln Continental car while going from LA courthouse to courthouse.
As with most series of this genre, it starts off with a murder in a deserted parking lot – that of a lawyer, who happens to be a friend of Haller. The newly expired lawyer leaves all his cases to Haller, and it becomes the opportunity for Haller to jumpstart his career.
Senior Year – Ever since Rebel Wilson made her Australian presence felt playing support in various films, she’s been a popular choice when you need a comedienne with brash, unfiltered humor – like an Aussie version of Amy Schumer and Kate McKinnon. This latest on Netflix firmly puts her in a lead role, with a story whose premise has been used time and time again – emphasis on the ‘time’ aspect.
For Steph, senior high was yesterday, and it isn’t long before she decides she wants to finish her year, and even be prom queen once again. This fish out of water situation is used for cheap easy laughs and while there’s nothing wrong with that, there is a feeling of déjà vu that washes over us. It’s actually when the film takes on the attitude and social mores of 1999 versus those of today that the film stretches to be something more than the sun of its parts.
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