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If L.A. Law was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
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1986 · Drama / War
L.A. Law
BURN INDEX · PLATFORM AVG
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SALT SHAKER · PLATFORM AVG
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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RELEASE DATE
1986
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GENRE
Drama / War
PLOT SUMMARY
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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If whispered monologues were currency, L.A. Law would settle the national debt.
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L.A. Law confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".
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L.A. Law (1986) is praised with a low burn score on Roasted Tomatoes with a Burn Index of 29/100. L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark…
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L.A. Law scores 29/100 Burn — Roasted Tomatoes recommends it as a confident watch.
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r/criticalkino · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 1.7k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in L.A. Law?
Rewatched L.A. Law last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/criticalkino · u/ExpositionDump🔥 0.6k points
The cinematography in L.A. Law is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Just got out of L.A. Law and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/movies · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 1.7k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in L.A. Law actually is?
Director clearly thought L.A. Law was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/flicks · u/ExpositionDump🔥 2.2k points
Unpopular opinion: L.A. Law is the most overrated film of the decade
Honestly, L.A. Law would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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