23 November 2017 01:08
As the title character in Roman J. Israel, Esq. Denzel Washington does some of the most strenuous acting of his lengthy career. Superficially, Roman, a crusading attorney with a background in civil-rights activism seems like a natural fit indeed, Washington played a similar role two decades ago in Philadelphia. This lawyer however is an almost agoraphobic misfit, deeply uncomfortable around other people.
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