The 2014 Netflix film The Judge has been getting success on the streaming channel for the past few days. However, the film has reached seventh place on Netflix.
The film is directed by David Dobkin and stars Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall, with Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Dax Shepard, and Billy Bob Thornton in supporting roles.
The judges, Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall made it into the top 10 with 12.5 million hours watched.
Actor Robert Downey Jr. is known for roles in various movies, including Iron Man, The Avengers, and Sherlock Holmes. He won an Academy Award for the 2023 biopic Oppenheimer.
Robert Duvall is best known for his peacefully passionate work in The Godfather and for his Oscar-winning performance as an alcoholic country singer in Apocalypse Now.
Apart from this, the film could not succeed in leaving behind Unfrosted, but it remained in the US for several days and achieved second position on the movie charts.
A look at the career of Robert Downey Jr.
Downey Jr. also won an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the same award for his eponymous performance in The Judge.
American actor Downey Jr. also starred in the miniseries The Sympathizer, which is streaming on Max.
Those actors enjoyed great popularity but were otherwise classified by critics as “worth nothing more than cable afternoon viewing.”
Downey Jr.’s The Sympathizer is one of the most successful films ever, and he won an Oscar for it.
About The Judge Film
The judges include the most talented Robert Duvall, who earned multiple award nominations for his role as the lead character alongside Vera Farmiga, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Dax Shepard, and Billy Bob Thornton.
The synopsis of the film is as follows:
“Hank Palmer (Robert Downey Jr.), a brilliant but shady attorney, returns to his Indiana hometown after learning that his mother has passed away.
His arrival triggers renewed tension between himself and his father, Judge Joseph Palmer (Robert Duvall), who disapproves of Hank’s morally ambiguous career.
As the lawyer prepares to depart, his father is arrested for a hit-and-run death. Hank takes on his father’s defense despite the objections of the resentful old man.”
The drama starring Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall received mixed reviews upon its original release but has enjoyed significant success on streaming channels and other platforms.
The 2014 drama starring Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall succeeded with audiences on the streaming platform.
| Release Date | September 4, 2014 |
| Directed by | David Dobkin |
| Writing Credits | Nick Schenk, Bill Dubuque, David Dobkin |
| Cast | Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton, etc… |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Streaming | Netflix |
How did Judge fare at the box office?
Although the film grossed $84.4 million worldwide from a $45 million budget, it received critical reviews against the film.
Downey Jr. and Duvall’s film received a Tomatometer score of 49% based on the actors’ performances.
Furthermore, audiences want to watch the film, which received a rating of 72% but dropped to second place when it was moved to streaming.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the Judges’ Critics Consensus called it “strongly cast and beautifully filmed but utterly trite,” as it “seems to preside over a large jurisdiction of the basic cable afternoon-viewing circuit. It is fixed.”
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