Last night on the plane back from California I watched the 2014 movie, The Judge. It might be the movie with the best ensemble cast that I’ve seen in 30 years. Maybe ever. The cast includes some of the screen’s most consistently interesting actors of today: Robert Downey, Jr., Robert Duvall, Vincent D’Onofrio, Billy Bob Thornton, Vera Farmiga. Even the smaller character parts are played by actors of astonishingly high caliber: Ken Howard, Denis O’Hare, David Krumholtz. What a privilege for young performers like Dax Shephard or Leighton Meester to work with such performers!
Indeed, it might be the best picture I’ve seen in 30 years. Highly recommended.
