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The Judge - Movie Review
Director: David Dobkin
Genre: Drama
Release date:
October 10, 2014 (USA)
Run Time: 141 minutes
Cast:
- Robert Downey, Jr. as Henry "Hank" Palmer,
- Robert Duvall as Judge Joseph Palmer,
- Vera Farmiga as Samantha "Sam" Powell,
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Glen Palmer,
- Jeremy Strong as Dale Palmer,
- Billy Bob Thornton as Dwight Dickham,
- Sarah Lancaster as Lisa Palmer,
- David Krumholtz as Mike Kattan,
- Emma Tremblay as Lauren Palmer,
- Ken Howard as Judge Warren,
- Leighton Meester as Carla Powell,
- Dax Shepard as C.P. Kennedy,
- Denis O'Hare as Doc Morris,
- Frank Ridley as Jury Foreman,
- Mark Kiely as Mark Blackwell
Review: Sometimes a film is so good that you
can not get enough. Other times,
a movie just too
much for you to fall in love with
it. The judge is one of the last
films. Take a
family drama and a courtroom drama and introspective
button, and voila! You have the right.
Right about a great time in Chicago attorney Hank Palmer, who is known to successfully defend guilty clients. He must return to his city and his idealistic father separated, better known as the judge, when his mother dies. To make matters worse, his father ends up killing someone with his car, and that's Hank to prevent his father condemned. In the mixture are a handicapped brother, unstable brother, ex-girlfriend and her daughter, and the hypocrite opposing counsel.
The film has a story to tell, that of a dysfunctional family. But alas, they have almost nothing to add new in the familiar genre. In fact, the film borrows many in the family drama department successful films of the past. The sequences of the room are performed correctly (with the rest of the film, in fact), but do not have the dramatic bite, for example, practice.
But director David Dobkin's a smart guy. He realizes that the material he has to work is slim. So he did what any smart administrator happens to Robert Downey Jr in every scene. Literally every scene. And it works, at least for me.
Downey Jr. doing what he does best: play the role of a charming man, quippy, agile, witty, arrogant with a flair for speaking very fast. The latest drama film he did was the soloist in 2009, but his dramatic skills are not the least bit rusty. He plays the character of Hank with a scan function, never stop. He shouts, cries, climbing pipes, deductions Sherlock style and makes you laugh, all with the same abandon. And from time to time, arrogant walk while putting his sunglasses made. Every second on the screen (the total number of seconds in 142 minutes), you can not look at anyone, let alone watching the clock.
Robert Duvall, as the judge, is absolutely brilliant. In the role of estranged father whose ideals are more important to him that his destiny and his legacy, it seems. Every scene she shares with Downey Jr. brings the film to a much higher figure. Vera Farmiga not enough screen time to make a big impact. Billy Bob Thornton, according to the prosecutor, is surprisingly wood. Vincent D'Onofrio and Jeremy Strong is impressive that the two brothers.
But despite the histrionics cast and occasional touching moments, the film never manages to overcome their problems and fully embrace is spirit. And a long corridor of nearly 2.5 hours, not enough meat on the bones. However, all the movies this weekend, the court may be your best and safest bet. Robert Downey Jr.
Right about a great time in Chicago attorney Hank Palmer, who is known to successfully defend guilty clients. He must return to his city and his idealistic father separated, better known as the judge, when his mother dies. To make matters worse, his father ends up killing someone with his car, and that's Hank to prevent his father condemned. In the mixture are a handicapped brother, unstable brother, ex-girlfriend and her daughter, and the hypocrite opposing counsel.
The film has a story to tell, that of a dysfunctional family. But alas, they have almost nothing to add new in the familiar genre. In fact, the film borrows many in the family drama department successful films of the past. The sequences of the room are performed correctly (with the rest of the film, in fact), but do not have the dramatic bite, for example, practice.
But director David Dobkin's a smart guy. He realizes that the material he has to work is slim. So he did what any smart administrator happens to Robert Downey Jr in every scene. Literally every scene. And it works, at least for me.
Downey Jr. doing what he does best: play the role of a charming man, quippy, agile, witty, arrogant with a flair for speaking very fast. The latest drama film he did was the soloist in 2009, but his dramatic skills are not the least bit rusty. He plays the character of Hank with a scan function, never stop. He shouts, cries, climbing pipes, deductions Sherlock style and makes you laugh, all with the same abandon. And from time to time, arrogant walk while putting his sunglasses made. Every second on the screen (the total number of seconds in 142 minutes), you can not look at anyone, let alone watching the clock.
Robert Duvall, as the judge, is absolutely brilliant. In the role of estranged father whose ideals are more important to him that his destiny and his legacy, it seems. Every scene she shares with Downey Jr. brings the film to a much higher figure. Vera Farmiga not enough screen time to make a big impact. Billy Bob Thornton, according to the prosecutor, is surprisingly wood. Vincent D'Onofrio and Jeremy Strong is impressive that the two brothers.
But despite the histrionics cast and occasional touching moments, the film never manages to overcome their problems and fully embrace is spirit. And a long corridor of nearly 2.5 hours, not enough meat on the bones. However, all the movies this weekend, the court may be your best and safest bet. Robert Downey Jr.
