History Film / TheJudge

* CareerEndingInjury: Hank's younger brother Dale used to play baseball before a car crash ended his career.

* FelonyMisdemeanor: [[spoiler:Averted. Voluntary manslaughter doesn't seem to be enough to tarnish Joseph's reputation beyond all repair, if the flag flying half-staff following his passing is anything to go by.]]

* StressVomit: C.P. does this. ''Three times''. The third time, Hank ends up doing this.

* ShoutOut: Hank demonstrates an ability to read people very similar to Creator/RobertDowneyJr's portrayal of Film/SherlockHolmes, a skill picked up from his years of working in law.

'''''The Judge''''' is a 2014 drama film directed by David Dobkin (''Film/WeddingCrashers'') and starring Creator/RobertDowneyJr and Robert Duvall.

* {{Squick}}: The PottyFailure scene with Hank's dad.

* TrailersAlwaysLie: The movie was promoted as a suspense thriller. However, it's just a SliceOfLife film about a man returning home and dealing with unresolved issues with family and a love interest. Some critics took it personally.

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Hank Palmer (Downey) is a successful defense attorney who has received news that his mother has passed, and returns to his hometown of Carlinville, Indiana to attend the funeral. Once he arrives, he reunites with several members of his family, including older brother Glen ( [[Creator/VincentDOnofrio Vincent D'Onofrio]]), younger brother Dale (Jeremy Strong), and his father, local judge Joseph Palmer (Duvall), with whom Hank doesn't have a very good relationship.

Although Hank decides to leave due to the friction between himself and Joseph, he is forced to remain in the town when it is revealed that Joseph was involved in a fatal hit-and-run involving a victim he previously ruled on during a court case. Hank decides to defend his father in court after the latter's initial choice for attorney proves disastrous, and the younger Palmer faces the tough prosecutor Dwight Dickham (Creator/BillyBobThornton), who is pushing for a first-degree murder charge. At the same time, Hank reconnects with his family members and his estranged girlfriend Sam (Creator/VeraFarmiga), whom he abandoned 20 years earlier and wishes to make amends with.

* AmoralAttorney: Hank is like this at the start of the movie. ("Innocent people can't afford me.")

* AssholeVictim: Mark Blackwell, an unrepentant killer whose last act was to mock the judge who indirectly allowed him to commit the murder in question.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Joseph wasn't convicted of first-degree murder, but was convicted of manslaughter. After being let out for a compassionate release, he dies six months later of cancer with Hank by his side.]]
* CareerEndingInjury: Hank's older brother Glen used to play baseball before a car crash ended his career.
* DaddysGirl: Hank's daughter.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: PlayedForLaughs. Samantha hits on Hank, but then chastises him for thinking she wanted anything more than a one-night stand and claims that she will instead go home to enact the trope.
* DeadpanSnarker: Hank
* DefrostingIceKing: Hank, who goes from an uptight AmoralAttorney who doesn't care about his family to a compassionate man who helps his father and gets back in touch with who was twenty years earlier.

* TheHeart: Dale. One time, he even unknowingly caused Hank to stay.

* TheJudge: Joseph as the older gruff type. [[spoiler:At the end, it's strongly hinted that Hank will take his dad's place as the town's judge, but he doesn't fit the trope's character type.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Not outright said, but [[spoiler:Dwight Dickham seems to have felt bad for somewhat winning the case against Joseph, and ends up helping get Joseph out of prison early on compassionate release]].

* PottyFailure: Hank discovers that Joseph's medication has caused memory loss and incontinence, and helps clean his father up.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Hank's ex-wife gives him one near the beginning of the film, as she rails at him for being so wrapped up in work that he doesn't have any idea how to be a parent.

* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:Happens between Hank and Carla, though not for the reason he thinks. He spends much of the movie thinking she's actually his daughter (after he made out with her at a bar earlier in the film). It turns out she isn't; she's his niece.]]

* WhatNowEnding: The film ends with Hank deliberating whether to take up his father's job as a judge or go back to Chicago.

Hank Palmer (Downey) is a successful defense attorney who has received news that his mother has passed, and returns to his hometown of Carlinville, Indiana to attend the funeral. Once he arrives, he reunites with several members of his family, including older brother Glen (Vincent D'Onofrio), younger brother Dale (Jeremy Strong), and his father, local judge Joseph Palmer (Duvall), with whom Hank doesn't have a very good relationship.

* BringMyBrownPants: In a non-comedic variant, Hank discovers that Joseph's medication has caused memory loss and incontinence, and helps clean his father up.

* MyGreatestFailure: Joseph showing lenience to Mark Blackwell after he threatened his girlfriend. If he hadn't given him the minimum setence, he wouldn't have been free to murder her later.

* ShoutOut: Hank demonstrates an ability to read people very similar to RobertDowneyJr's portrayal of Film/SherlockHolmes, a skill picked up from his years of working in law.
* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:Happens between Hank and Carla, though not for the reason he thinks. He spends much of the movie thinking she's actually his daughter (after he made out with her at a bar earlier in the film). It turns out she isn't; she's his niece]].

'''''The Judge''''' is a 2014 drama film directed by David Dobkin (''Film/WeddingCrashers'') and starring Creator/RobertDowneyJr and Creator/RobertDuvall.

Hank Palmer (Downey) is a successful defense attorney who has received news that his mother has passed, and returns to his Indiana hometown to attend the funeral. Once he arrives, he reunites with several members of his family, including older brother Glen (Vincent D'Onofrio), younger brother Dale (Jeremy Strong) and his father, local judge Joseph Palmer (Duvall), with whom Hank doesn't have a very good relationship.

Although Hank decides to leave due to the friction between himself and Joseph, he is forced to remain in the town when it is revealed that Joseph was involved in a fatal hit-and-run involving a victim he previously ruled on during a court case. Hank decides to defend his father in court after the latter's initial choice for attorney proves disastrous, and the younger Palmer faces the tough prosecutor Dwight Dickham (Creator/BillyBobThornton), who is pushing for a first-degree murder charge. At the same time, Hank reconnects with his family members and his estranged girlfriend Sam (Creator/VeraFarmiga), who he abandoned 20 years earlier and wishes to make amends with.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Played for laughs. Samantha hits on Hank, but then chastizes him for thinking she wanted anything more than a one-night stand, and claims that she will instead go home to enact the trope.
* DeadpanSnarker: Hank.

* ShoutOut: Hank demonstrates an ability to read people very similar to Robert Downey Jr.'s portrayal of SherlockHolmes, a skill picked up from his years of working in law.

* TrailersAlwaysLie: The movie was promoted as a suspense thriller. However, it's just a SliceOfLife film about a man returning home and dealing with unresolved issues with family and a love interest. Some critics to it personally.

* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:Hank fears this happened with Carla, thinking she's actually his daughter (after he made out with her at a bar earlier in the film). It turns out she isn't; she's his niece]].

Hank decides to leave early as his conflict with Joseph has gotten to be too much, but he's forced to stay as something very shocking comes to light: Joseph appears to have run over a guy whom he did not get along with at all (Joseph had put the man in jail), making this look very much to be a case of first-degree murder. Joseph does not remember what happened and has to to go court with Hank as his lawyer (okay, later on, but that's not because Hank didn't want to), once again forcing Hank to confront his damaged relationship with his father.

'''''The Judge''''' is a 2014 drama film directed by David Dobkin (''Film/WeddingCrashers'') and starring Creator/RobertDowneyJr (who also produced the film with his wife Susan, marking the first project for their company Team Downey), Robert Duvall, Vincent D'Onofrio, Creator/BillyBobThornton, and Creator/VeraFarmiga.

Henry "Hank" Palmer (Downey) is a good but amoral lawyer who's just received tragic news: his mother (Catherine Cummings...kinda; she plays a corpse, but Carol S. Austin plays a younger version) has passed. Hank returns to his hometown, where he hadn't been in years and has not-so-fond memories of, to pay his respects for his dead mother. He reunites with his family: his older brother Glen (D'Onofrio), his younger brother Dale (Jeremy Strong) and, of course, their father, local judge Joseph Palmer (funny enough, his actor shares Downey's first name--Robert Downey, Robert Duvall, LikeFatherLikeSon?), with whom Hank doesn't have a very good relationship.

The movie was released on October 10 to mixed criticism going to the mistake of the murder plot NOT being the main focus, thinking it was a ClicheStorm. There was also criticism of the characters, who were thought to be [[FlatCharacter flat]] and [[StaticCharacter without development]], but there was also praise for the movie owing to Downey and Duvall's great acting.

!!''The Judge'' contains examples of:

* DeadpanSnarker: Guess. (Hint: His actor's last name is "Downey" and he often plays this kind of character.)

* TheHeart: Dale, one time he even unknowingly caused Hank to stay.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Not outright said, but [[spoiler:Dwight Dickham seems to have felt bad for somewhat winning the case against Joseph, and ends up helping get Joseph out of prison early on compassionate release.]].
* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:Hank fears this happened with Carla, thinking she's actually his daughter. It turns out she isn't; she's his niece.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: Hank to his father in his teenage years.

Henry "Hank" Palmer (Downey) is a good but amoral lawyer who's just received tragic news: his mother (Catherine Cummings...kinda; she plays a corpse, but Carol S. Austin plays a younger version) has passed. Hank returns to his hometown, where he hadn't been in years and has not-so-fond memories of, to play his respects for his dead mother. He reunites with his family: his older brother Glen (D'Onofrio), his younger brother Dale (Jeremy Strong) and, of course, their father, local judge Joseph Palmer (funny enough, his actor shares Downey's first name--Robert Downey, Robert Duvall, LikeFatherLikeSon?), with whom Hank doesn't have a very good relationship.

Hank decides to leave early as his conflict with Joseph has gotten to be too much, but he's forced to stay as something very shocking comes to light: Joseph appears to have run over a guy whom he did not get along with at all (Joseph had put the man in jail), making this look very much to be a case of first-degree murder. Joseph does not remember and he has to to go court with Hank as his lawyer (okay, later on, but that's not because Hank didn't want to), once again forcing Hank to confront his damaged relationship with his father.

The movie was released on October 10 to mixed criticism going to the mistake of the murder plot NOT being the main focus, thinking it was a ClicheStorm. There was also criticism of the characters, who were thought to be [[FlatCharacter flat]] and [[StaticCharacter without development]], but there was also praise of the movie owing to Downey and Duvall's great acting.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Joseph wasn't convicted of first-degree murder, but not with manslaughter. He dies six months later of cancer with Hank by his side.]]

* TheHeart: Dale, one time he even unknowing caused Hank to stay.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JackNicholson and Creator/TommyLeeJones were considered for the role of Joseph Palmer.

Henry "Hank" Palmer (Downey) is a good but amoral lawyer who's just received tragic news: his mother has passed(Catherine Cummings…. kinda she played a corpse but Carol S Austin played a younger version)
Hank returns to his hometown, where he hadn't been in years and has not-so-fond memories of, to play his respects for his dead mother. He reunites with his family: his older brother Glen (D'Onofrio), his younger brother Dale (Jeremy Strong) and, of course, their father, local judge Joseph Palmer (funny enough his actor shares the first name of Downey-Robert Duvall, like father like son?), with whom Hank doesn't have a very good relationship.

* AmoralAttorney: Hank was like this at the start of the movie. ("Innocent people can't afford me.")

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Not outright said, but [[spoiler:Dwight Dickham seems to have felt bad for somewhat winning the case against Joseph, but he never does anything about it]].

Hank returns to his hometown, where he hadn't been in years and has not-so-fond memories of, to play his respects for his dead mother. He reunites with his family: his older brother Glen (D'Onofrio), his younger brother Dale (Jeremy Strong) and, of course, their father, local judge Joseph Palmer (funny enough his actor shares the first name of Downey-Robert Duvall, like father like son?)), with whom Hank doesn't have a very good relationship.

Hank returns to his hometown, where he hadn't been in years and has not-so-fond memories of, to play his respects for his dead mother. He reunites with his family: his older brother Glen (D'Onofrio), his younger brother Dale (Jeremy Strong) and, of course, their father, local judge Joseph Palmer ((funny enough his actor shares the first name of Downey-Robert Duvall, like father like son?)), with whom Hank doesn't have a very good relationship.

Henry "Hank" Palmer (Downey) is a good but amoral lawyer who's just received tragic news: his mother has passed. Hank returns to his hometown, where he hadn't been in years and has not-so-fond memories of, to play his respects for his dead mother. He reunites with his family: his older brother Glen (D'Onofrio), his younger brother Dale (Jeremy Strong) and, of course, their father, local judge Joseph Palmer (Duvall), with whom Hank doesn't have a very good relationship.

The Judge is a 2014 movie, Henry “Hank” Palmer (played by Creator/RobertDowneyJr ) is a lawyer - a good but amoral one who gotten tragic news, his mother (played by Catherine Cummings…. kinda she played a corpse but Carol S Austin played a younger version) has passed, he chose to go to his hometown whom he hadn't seen in years and has not so fond memories of it to play his respect for his dead mother.

While back in his hometown he was returned to his family-Glen his older brother (played by Vincent D'Onofrio) and Dale-his younger brother (played by Jeremy Strong) and of course his father whom he doesn't have a very good relationship with Judge Joseph Palmer (funny enough his actor shares the first name of Downey-Robert Duvall, like father like son?)

Hank decided to leave early as his conflict with his father gotten to be too much but was forced to go back as something very shocking happened-Joseph had appeared to run over a guy…. and a guy he did not get along with at all (he had put him in jail) making this look very much to be a case of first degree murder but Joseph does not remember and he has to to go court with Hank of his lawyer of course (okay later on but that’s not because Hank didn't want to) once again forcing him to conflict his damaged relationship with his father and secrets are revealed.

The movie was released on October 10 but to critics was mix criticism going to the mistake of the murder plot NOT being the main focus, thinking it was a cliche storm, there was also criticism into thinking the characters were flat and without development, but there also praised the movie thinking RDJ and Robert Duvall did great acting.

!!Contains examples of:
* AmoralAttorney:Hank was like this at the start of the movie "innocent people can't afford me" after all.
* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: Joseph wasn't coveted of first degree murder but not with manslaughter he died 6 months later of cancer but with Hank by his side.]]
* DaddysGirl:Hank's daughter is this.
* DeadpanSnarker:Guess (hint:His actor's last name is Downey and he often plays this type of characters.)
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:Both Hank and his father.
* MyGodWhathaveIDone: Not outright said but [[spoiler: Dwight Dickham seems to have felt bad for somewhat winning the case of Joseph Palmer but he never done anything about it.]]
* [[spoiler:SurpriseIncest]] [[spoiler:Hank fears this happened with Clara thinking she's actually his daughter....she isn't she's his niece.]]
* TheHeart:Dale, one time he even unknowing caused Hank to stay.
* TheJudge: Joseph as the older gruff type [[spoiler: At the end it's strongly hinted that Hank will take his dad's place as the town's Judge but he doesn't fit the trope's character type.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy:Hank had this to his father in his teenage years.
* YourCheatingHeart:Hank's soon to be ex wife apparently got around.