Denzel Washington's Remarkable Performance In 'roman J. Israel, Esq.' Isn't Helped By Plot

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Movie
Thu, 11/16/2017 - 1:50pm

In his four-decade-long career, Denzel Washington has played heroes and villains, ministers and miscreants and everything in between. "Roman J. Israel, Esq." is not like any of them, not even close. To call the title character idiosyncratic and eccentric is not the half of it. Overweight, ungainly,...

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