(PCM) From Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures comes the dramedy The Judge, opening in theaters nationwide October 10, 2014.
The Judge pairs two-time Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. (Chaplin, Tropic Thunder) and Oscar winner Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies, Crazy Heart), starring together for the first time on the big screen.
The film also stars Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Conjuring) and Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade, Friday Night Lights), and is directed by David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers).
In The Judge, Downey stars as big city lawyer Hank Palmer, who returns to his childhood home where his estranged father, the town’s judge (Duvall), 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.
The film also features a stellar supporting cast, including Vincent D’Onofrio (TV’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Jeremy Strong (Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln), Dax Shepard (TV’s Parenthood), Leighton Meester (TV’s Gossip Girl), Ken Howard (J. Edgar, Michael Clayton), Emma Tremblay (Elysium), Balthazar Getty (TV’s Brothers & Sisters), David Krumholtz (This Is the End), Sarah Lancaster (TV’s Chuck), Grace Zabriskie (TV’s Big Love) and Denis O’Hare (TV’s True Blood).
A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Big Kid Pictures/Team Downey production, a film by David Dobkin, The Judge is scheduled for release on October 10, 2014, and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.
So far, The Judge has gotten mixed reviews with critics split pretty evenly down the middle.
Some critics have called the film’s creativity into question, like Jordan Hoffman of Film.com who wrote that The Judge had more “nauseating cliches” than the Expendables 3, while other critics have praised the film.
Justin Chang of Variety called the film: “An engrossing, unwieldy hurricane of a movie that plays like a small-town courtroom thriller by way of a testosterone-fueled remake of “August: Osage County.”
Decide for yourself when The Judge opens in theaters nationwide October 10, 2014 and let us know what you think in the comments!
Watch the trailer for The Judge below and visit the official site for more info!
The Judge has a run time of 2 hours and 21 minutes and is rated R for language including some sexual references.
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