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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film ThreatNick Rocco ScaliaFilm ThreatNick Rocco ScaliaThe directorial choices, from the minimal use of music for dramatic embellishment to the innovative split-screen technique used to blur the identities of individuals in courthouse footage, are spot-on throughout.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichThe Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichAt one point, Tsemel describes herself as a member of an occupying force and defines her mission in life as to somehow rectify the resultant power imbalance. The only way to get there, as the film's pointed final image suggests, is to keep on trudging.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThe most gripping parts of Advocate are the film’s fly-on-the-wall cinéma vérité sequences of Tsemel at work, meeting with clients’ families, navigating the legal system and conferring about cases with fellow attorneys and her staff.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreAdvocate is a reminder to audiences everywhere of the importance of the rule of law, its equal application and appointing judges who understand that importance.
- 70The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergProvocative as the film is, it doesn’t fully reconcile Tsemel’s contradictions, if such a thing were even possible or desirable.