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Baruchel... plays Ross with a winningly earnest goofiness, while Johnson skillfully navigates the darkly comic territory of being over the hill and irritated by everything and everyone who reminds him of his glory days.
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These attorneys quickly become characters, not just caricatures, and make "Just Legal" very easy to enjoy.
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There is something extraordinarily appealing about the show's central pair.
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The plotting is OK, the dialogue is better and the two leads are appealing.
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If you can ignore for a moment a logical flaw that permeates the series, you'll find an absorbing, well-paced legal drama with both heart and attitude, not to mention cinematography good enough to carry the Jerry Bruckheimer imprimatur.
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Sure, this has all been done before, but familiarity doesn't make Just Legal any less fun.
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Mr. Johnson is surprisingly deft, and even at times poignant, in the part. Even when the plot and other characters turn cartoonish, he manages to strike a deeper chord.
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There's promise here, as long as it gets grittier and funnier, and doesn't descend into bombast.
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It's rather old-fashioned, except that there's something real about the chemistry.
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There's something weirdly charming about the pair's chemistry.
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Mostly overcomes its contrived premise and clichéd courtroom theatrics with well-played characters you might actually root for.
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A gimmicky, cliched legal drama that seems to have been unearthed from 20 years ago.
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The constant moral back-patting leaves me feeling, well, limp. [30 Sep 2005, p.87]
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By no means is "Just Legal" a top-notch drama as yet, but it certainly has potential to be agreeable lighter fare.
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Baruchel and Johnson (who is quite appealing in his role) have real chemistry.
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It's Don Johnson's irascible charm as a boozing, bottom-feeding barrister that occasionally elevates this hour above its mundane legal jockeying.
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It's a formulaic, lazily devised legal series that fails to surprise or amuse.
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The central issue about Just Legal is that it's such a predictable series.
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"Just Legal" is just tedious.
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Stunningly flat.
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Give it credit for consistency: a bad concept, badly written for bad actors.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 61 out of 66
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Mixed: 0 out of 66
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Negative: 5 out of 66
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DebbieF.Sep 25, 2007Please bring "Just Legal" back, my husband and I both liked the show very much.
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JenniferR.Sep 19, 2007The show is great. PLEASE bring it back. Email me when it is scheduled. I check the t.v. guide everyday to see if it's on. Thank you.
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CHRISTOPHERGApr 24, 2007