The Judge looked like a really unimpressive movie from the trailer. Wise-cracking son from small town faces crotchety dad in a time of crisis, everyone learns something. Formulaic movie making at its most mediocre.
I'll say that the trailer did it a slight injustice. It was at times, deeper and more thoughtful than I had feared, but even when the themes of the movie tried to break away from the pack, it continued to fall back on its stereotypes too much for my comfort. Robert Downey Jr. tried to carry this movie on the back of his charisma, which works better for the Ironman franchise than it does here.
And I'm guessing the academy just decided that it was time for Robert Duvall to be nominated again? He was by no stretch bad in this role, but it certainly did not strike me as a stand out performance either. It's an ok drama to catch on cable one day when you are feeling lazy, but it's not going to change your life.
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