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The Judge
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2034
- IMDb #1231
- Google retired #303
- Rotten Tomatoes #3077
- Metacritic #3058
- Letterboxd #2441
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3847
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2403
- Metacritic Critics #3573
- Metacritic Audience #1886
- Douban #642
- Kinopoisk #492
- AlloCiné #694
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 48, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 48, everyone else 77.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A successful, cynical big-city lawyer returns to his childhood home for his mother's funeral. He must remain longer when his father, the town's respected and stern judge, becomes the prime suspect in a fatal hit-and-run. The estranged son is compelled to defend his father in court, forcing them to confront their long-buried conflicts and resentments.
Details
- Director
- David Dobkin
- Writers
- Bill Dubuque, David Dobkin, Nick Schenk
- Released
- 8 October 2014
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $40.0M
- Box office
- $84.4M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →2 wins from 9 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| 20th Critics' Choice Awards 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Robert Duvall | Nominee |
| 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards 2015 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Robert Duvall | Nominee |
| 72nd Golden Globe Awards 2015 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Robert Duvall | Nominee |
| 87th Academy Awards 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Robert Duvall | Nominee |
| 19th Satellite Awards 2015 | Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | Nominee |
| 19th Satellite Awards 2015 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Robert Duvall | Nominee |
| 18th Hollywood Film Awards 2014 | Supporting Actor of the Year | Robert Duvall | Winner |
| Heartland Film Festival 2014 | Truly Moving Picture | The Judge ( David Dobkin ) | Winner |
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×| Best Supporting Actor | Robert Duvall | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Robert Duvall | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Robert Duvall | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Robert Duvall | Nominee |
| Supporting Actor of the Year | Robert Duvall | Winner |
| Truly Moving Picture | The Judge ( David Dobkin ) | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Robert Duvall | Nominee |
| Best Original Score – Feature Film | Thomas Newman | Nominee |