The Judge | Theatres List

Apparently, Jack Nicholson turned down the role of the judge in The Judge, for reasons best known to himself. His replacement, Robert Duvall, was born to play this role, and one wonders why the makers did not think of him earlier. He IS the Judge, and a fine one at that, evoking an emotional response in the audience, reasserting the fact that there is, indeed, magic in the movies.

Henry, a.k.a. Hank Palmer (Robert Downey Jr.), is a motor mouth lawyer in Chicago, who always defends the guilty, and wins. He is supremely self-confident, and arrogant. He has a few secrets, though -....