The Whole Truth (2016)

A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.

Director:

Courtney Hunt

Writer:

Nicholas Kazan (as Rafael Jackson)

Stars:

Keanu Reeves, Renée Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Keanu Reeves	...	Ramsey
Renée Zellweger	...	Loretta
Gugu Mbatha-Raw	...	Janelle
Gabriel Basso	...	Mike
Jim Belushi	...	Boone
Jim Klock	...	Leblanc
Ritchie Montgomery	...	Judge Robichaux
Christopher Berry	...	Legrand
Lara Grice	...	Juror #3
Nicole Barré	...	Angela Morley
Lucky Johnson	...	Limo Driver (as Kevin Johnson)
Lyndsay Kimball	...	Officer Steed
Jason Kirkpatrick	...	Detective Graves
Sean Bridgers	...	Arthur Westin
Jackie Tuttle	...	Trixie Westin

Storyline

Defense attorney Richard Ramsay takes on a personal case when he swears to his widowed friend, Loretta Lassiter, that he will keep her son Mike out of prison. Charged with murdering his father, Mike initially confesses to the crime. But as the trial proceeds, chilling evidence about the kind of man that Boone Lassiter really was comes to light. While Ramsay uses the evidence to get his client acquitted, his new colleague Janelle tries to dig deeper - and begins to realize that the whole truth is something she alone can uncover.

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Plot Keywords:

lawyer | knife | lie | drawing | teenager | 

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Taglines:

There are many sides to every murder.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violence including a sexual assault

Details

Official Sites:

Official Website

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 October 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

El abogado del mal

Filming Locations:

St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

PalmStar Media, Atlas Entertainment, Likely Story

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Italian censorship visa # 112223 delivered on 8 June 2017.

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Goofs

When Janelle asks Loretta for a cigarette on the porch, Loretta takes out a lighter and you hear a lighter flick open, then you hear it click shut like a Zippo lighter, but she's obviously holding a plastic Bic lighter.

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Quotes

Ramsey: At some point, every defense lawyer has to choose between his own need to know the truth and the best interests of his client.

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Soundtracks

Soul Candy
Written & Performed by' Jim Keller'

User Reviews

You'd think that it's a Grisham story, wouldn't you?

While I'll admit that I didn't predict the twist in "The Whole Truth", most of the movie is nothing special. Keanu Reeves plays a lawyer defending a teen charged with murdering his - the teen's - father. The father (Jim Belushi) was an overbearing, abusive jerk. Renee Zellweger plays the mother who's been keeping the father's brutality secret.

I thought that the most interesting scenes were the exchanges between Reeves's character and the other lawyer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), and the flashbacks showing what a creep the dad was. Most of the movie seems like other movies that we've seen, especially movies based on John Grisham novels. Zellweger really made a mistake by having her face done. She no longer looks like the same person. Even understanding that ageism is an endemic problem in Hollywood, Zellweger still could've made the choice to keep her natural look. Instead, she opted for a facelift and left herself looking bizarre.

It's not a bad movie, just nothing special.