The Judge

Defend your Honour.


The Judge
A big city lawyer returns to his childhood home where his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before.

140 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language).
Drama.
You
You're not good enough to carry my umbrella!

Credits

Cast
Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Dax Shepard, Leighton Meester
Director
David Dobkin
ScreenplayNich Schenk, Bill Dubuque, David Dobkin
MusicThomas Newman
CinematographyJanusz Kaminski
EditingMark Livolsi
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2014
Produced byWarner Bros., Big Kid Pictures, Team Downey, Village Roadshow Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageInfrequent, mild to moderate impact
NudityNone
SexKissing, infrequent, low impact
ViolenceInfrequent, low to mild impact
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
4
Violence
2
Blood / Gore / Gross
3
Guns / Weapons
1
Profanity
5
Alcohol / Drugs
3
Smoking
0
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
4
Imitative Behaviour
4
Frightening / Tense Scenes
2
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
5
Music (Scary/Tense)
2
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
16 +
Positive messages
3
Positive role models
2
Violence
2
Sex
3
Language
4
Consumerism
3
Drinking, drugs, smoking
2

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Theresa Smith quote iconCourting kin in a journey of redemption.
10
ReelViews
James Berardinelli quote iconThe Judge could have been great, but it's merely palatable.
13
Metacritic.com
39 critics
10
Rottentomatoes critics
174 critics
11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote icon Solidly cast and beautifully filmed but thoroughly clichéd, The Judge seems destined to preside over a large jurisdiction of the basic cable afternoon-viewing circuit.
9
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
11
CommonSenseMedia
Staff evaluation quote iconMature legal drama is superbly acted but a bit predictable.
10

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
111 users
15
Rottentomatoes users
36765 users
15
Internet
30011 Netizens quote iconMushy Manipulation, Sloppy Judgement - Verdict: Easily Forgettable. Case Dismissed!
15

Average .. 60%

12

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