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A 2014 Robert Downey Jr. film has become the top streaming movie in the US today, and Netflix users consider it to be the 'best they've ever seen.'
Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall star in the movie The Judge, which despite its 49 percent critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes, holds a 72 percent audience score.
The Academy Award-winning actors portray a father and son who are estranged and reunited after a family member's death.
The Judge debuted at number three at the box office during its opening weekend and grossed more than 84.4 million during its theatrical run; with its recent release on Netflix, it has flourished to the top.
In fact, one user wrote on X, formerly Twitter, 'How did I miss out on watching the movie “The Judge” starring Robert Downey Jr & Robert Duvall? Regardless of their strained father & son relationship, family is everything & this movie proves it. A must watch on Netflix.'
Directed by David Dobkin, the film also stars Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton and Succession star Jeremy Strong.
(From L to R) Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall star in the 2014 film The Judge, which recently became the top streaming film on Netflix
Before it reached the number one spot, the top streaming movie on Netflix was the 2023 romantic comedy Anyone But You
The Judge had been in the development phase in the early 2010s before filming began in 2013 in Massachusetts and Indiana.
According to IMDB, legendary actors Jack Nicholson and Tommy Lee Jones were considered for the role of Joseph Palmer.
Nicholson was initially offered the role, but after he declined, it ultimately went to Duvall.
It is unclear when Downey Jr. was cast as Hank, but he did get to work with his wife and film producer Susan Downey.
Downey Jr. portrays Hank Palmer, a successful lawyer who returns to his childhood home in Carlinville, Indiana after the death of his mother.
He reconnects with his brothers Dale (Strong), Glen (Vincent D'Onofrio) and his father Joseph Palmer (Duvall), who is the town judge.
Judge Palmer had sent a then-17-year-old Hank to a juvenile detention center following a car accident that ruined Glen's chances of becoming an MLB player.
Once a bitter argument occurs between Hank and Joseph, the lawyer opts to
