- Network: FOX
- Series Premiere Date: Aug 30, 2006
Critic Reviews
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Fox's strongest newcomer this season.
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I'm not positive, but I think "Justice" is terrible, at least the first episode.
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Despite its jittery camerawork and souped-up graphics, "Justice" is just a reasonably well-made, meat-and-potatoes lawyer show.
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"Justice" offers slick, efficiently produced whodunit escapism without a whit of real originality or dramatic spontaneity.
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All the bases are covered, and if that doesn't make for the most inventive show, it makes for a quite watchable one. [1 Sep 2006, p.61]
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[It] makes defense work look as sexy as anything on the high-tech "CSI."
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At the root, this is essentially Perry Mason redux, only the vibe is less ’50s genteel murder mystery than 21st-century shock and awe.
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For all its apparent technical accuracy and some real-world name-dropping, "Justice" feels no more lifelike than "Perry Mason."
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[It] often sounds less like a television drama than a Criminal Procedures 101 lecture delivered at an offshore law school.
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Tonight's new Fox courtroom drama series, "Justice," has plenty of [gimmicks]. What it doesn't have, though, is a persuasive reason to watch.
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The format is what carries the day.
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Like all the Bruckheimer procedurals... you know what you're getting from the jump: solid but unspectacular acting and storytelling that will leave you satisfied without rocking your world.
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While neither awful nor even particularly bad, there is an earnest silliness to the whole thing.
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The premiere suggests that Bruckheimer has added to his lustrous record in crime: He's guilty of being outrageously entertaining again.
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With sharp camera work, pulsating music and no tedious, gimme-an-Emmy closeups, it's like CSI at warp speed. [4 Sep 2006, p.41]
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The pieces may be familiar, but there are enough new elements that prevent this series from feeling like a total rip-off.
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The real problem with "Justice" is that the series is very average.
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"Justice" is slick, fast-paced and stylish, with enough twists to separate it from the glut of shows in its genre. But it's also one of the most extraordinarily cynical shows to come along in some time.
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With the unvarnished truth dangling like a carrot before a carthorse, there's ample reason for crime-show junkies to cling to "Justice," although some mysteries will be more worth seeing through to the end than others.
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Despite the intense look at the legal process, the show moves quickly.
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Imagine what “Boston Legal” would look like if Jerry Bruckheimer were in charge instead of David E. Kelley.
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Justice's legal cases are not especially shocking or original, and the supporting characters are empty suits. But it's fascinating to watch for its style.
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Jerry Bruckheimer's latest fun-to-watch procedural.
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The larger problem with Justice it that allows the plot to bury the characters.
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All sizzle and no steak, producer Jerry Bruckheimer's latest hour occasionally feels like a parody of courtshows, what with its hyperactive pace, pointless "CSI"-type visual bells and whistles and misdirected premise depicting high-priced defense attorneys as semi-good guys.
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"Justice" chugs along nicely, its plots gratifyingly tense, its dialogue sharp and uncluttered.
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A dazzling and gripping crime drama.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 87 out of 100
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Mixed: 3 out of 100
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Negative: 10 out of 100
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HarrietRMay 4, 2008
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SybilleM.Sep 24, 2007
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JessicaAug 16, 2007love it. I wish they would bring it back.