the city when he learns his father
has been arrested on a murder
charge. You can guess the rest
for yourselves, but it’s no spoiler
to reveal Hank becomes his old
man’s lawyer.
A Willie Nelson cover of Coldplay’s ‘The Scientist’ accompanies
the film’s end credits, and serves
as a metaphor for the film itself.
Nelson imbues the song with a
dignity it doesn’t deserve, and the
stellar cast assembled here does
just the same for the movie.
The Judge commits many
crimes; it’s overly manipulative
(we’re asked to empathize with
Duvall’s suspected murderer simply because he’s old and fragile),
it’s borderline offensive (Hank’s
mentally challenged brother
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