FILM REVIEW:
The Judge
By Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com
Back in the 90s, the courtroom
thriller saw a revival, thanks mainly in part to the popularity of the
novels of John Grisham. Adaptations of Grisham’s work flooded
the market for a few years, but despite directorial heavyweights like
Francis Ford Coppola and Robert
Altman lending their talents, none
of these films rose above mediocrity, and lent themselves all too
comfortably to parody (Think TV
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sitcom 30 Rock’s ‘The Rural Juror’). Two decades on, The Judge
feels almost like a postmodern
take on the genre. It hits every
cliched note, but asks us to forgive it for doing so by winking at
the audience. But acknowledging
that you’re giving us nothing we
haven’t seen before doesn’t hide
the fact that you’re giving us nothing we haven’t seen before.
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