A sequel to the Tom Cruise vehicle, this time from writer-producer Lukas Reiter (“The Practice," The Forgotten”), “The Firm” is set a decade after the movie and follows Mitch McDeere as he gets mixed up with another shady legal firm after he exits the witness relocation program. Josh Lucas (“The Lincoln Lawyer,” “J. Edgar”) steps into the Tom Cruise role. The fabulous Molly Parker (“Deadwood,” “Swingtown”) steps into Jeanne Tripplehorn’s shoes. Juliette Lewis (“Whip It”), who somehow turned 38 when no one was looking, is also aboard as Tammy, the Holly Hunter character.
... a pedestrian TV legal drama that carries a vague resemblance to a movie and book I kind of remember enjoying a few decades ago. ...
... In the premiere, unfortunately, the case of the week and the background story seem to be competing to see which can be sillier....
... It isn't the flashbacks or muddled storytelling, the liberal white moralizing or ridiculous inconsistencies that threaten to deep-six "The Firm," it's the washed-out sepia tone of the legal thriller itself. ...
... Enough happens to keep you from changing the channel, but there are hints of a show that could get dull fast. …
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says:
... a mess. …
The San Francisco Chronicle says:
... it's so old-fashioned, there's even an actual, working pay telephone in the middle of the opening sequence. No, it isn't in the Smithsonian. …
... We’re a long way from “The Practice,” “Suits” or “Damages.” This is the kind of law that wouldn’t pass muster on the 1980s sitcom “Night Court.” ...
… there is so much going on in Sunday night’s dizzying (and occasionally tedious) two-hour premiere of NBC’s new drama “The Firm’’ - flashbacks, double-crosses, multiple court cases - that some type of flowchart or primer would likely be helpful for viewers trying to sort it all out. …
... feels the opposite of relevant and fresh …
… part weekly procedural, part season-long conspiracy, and wholly unsatisfying. … cries out to be quickly forgotten …
... The Firm's straightforward, one-man-against-the-system story still feels compelling — especially when that one man happens to look like a Tom Ford model and yet comes off as totally relatable. …
... solid if unspectacular story about one of the most unlucky lawyers ever depicted on television. …
... Mitch is such a boring straight-arrow -- agonizing over one moral dilemma after another -- there's precious little to keep him interesting. …
9 p.m. Sunday. NBC.
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