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The Counselor (2013)

★ 5.4R117 minDirector: Ridley Scott

2013 film by Ridley Scott

The Counselor is a 2013 crime thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Cormac McCarthy. It stars Michael Fassbender as the eponymous Counselor as well as Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, and Brad Pitt. The extremely violent and bloodthirsty activities of drug cartels are depicted as the Counselor, a high-level lawyer, gets involved in a drug deal around the troubled Ciudad Juarez, Mexico/Texas border area.

The Counselor was chosen as the closing film at the 2013 Morelia Film Festival and also played at the Cork Film Festival. The film was theatrically released on October 25, 2013, and is dedicated to Scott's brother, Tony Scott, who died in 2012. It received mixed reviews and grossed $71 million worldwide against a budget of $25 million.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is The Counselor about?
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Is The Counselor based on a true story?
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Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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