The Judge with Robert Downey Jr and Robert Duvall is one of
those movies that you may walk out of the theatre talking about. I did, but it
wasn't so much out of wonderment and appreciation as confusion because it tries
to do way too much. It's a coming home film...Downey returns to Indiana from
Chicago to attend his mother's funeral. He happens to be a crackerjack attorney
so when his estranged father, the judge, is arrested, it falls to Downey to defend
him. That plot was fine, as was one, maybe two of the subplots. But The Judge
bites off far more than it can chew and a good part of the extraneous gunk gets
stuck in the throat. Duvall as the judge is brilliant, maybe even Oscar worthy.
Downey Jr. shows more range than I expected. All the acting is excellent but
the script falters at the end...which takes about forty-five minutes too long
to arrive. 3/5
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