Now Playing: ‘The Judge’

Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall in ‘The Judge’ (Warner Bros.)

InThe Judge—aka the movie that most people will assume was based on a John Grisham novel but wasn’t—Robert Downey Jr. plays one of those smart-ass big-city lawyers who has to finally use his sleazy skills for good when he is forced to defend his father (Robert Duvall) on a murder charge.

The Judgeis playing now in wide release. My review is at PopMatters:

The Judge offers little that feels like an original movie. It has actors and...