Goliath
2016
Original language: English
- crime
- drama
The story
Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath.
What it’s like
Gritty, sun-faded Los Angeles textures: dim bars with sticky wood and warm amber lamplight, cramped office corridors under flat fluorescent tubes, and the cool blue-grey of courtroom windows. The camera stays close and restless, often handheld in conference rooms and parking lots, with rumpled suits, loosened ties and a tired, bourbon-stained Billy Bob Thornton anchoring nearly every frame. Music is sparse and roadhouse-plain, with pedal steel and acoustic guitar swelling at the moments of hard-won resolve. The vibe is weary and scrappy, a blend of rueful melancholy and stubborn hope, with the rhythm of a legal procedural that lingers on depositions, cross-examinations and late-night strategy sessions rather than action set pieces. Its emotional arc is a fallen man slowly remembering what he is for, and a small, bickering team learning to trust one another. Violence is largely absent; the danger is bureaucratic and financial, with occasional tense confrontations and a few brief, disquieting moments of threat, though nothing graphic or sexual. Profanity and adult drinking appear throughout. It suits a late-evening watch, a quiet weekend binge, or anyone who enjoys rooting for the underdog in a grounded, unshowy courtroom story, for viewers who want inspiration without spectacle.
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