William Bindley's debut feature aspires to the John Grisham league of legal thriller but, with a pedestrian plot and a lack of sustained suspense, JUDICIAL CONSENT falls well short. It was released direct to home video after some 1994 festival showings.
Her marriage on the rocks, Judge Gwen Warwick (Bonnie Bedelia) begins an illicit affair with a young library clerk, Martin (Billy Wirth). Her jealous husband Alan (Will Patton) knows Gwen is cheating, but suspects that her lover is attorney Charles Mayron (Dabney Coleman), Gwen's friend and
colleague. Charles is found murdered, and one of his many lovers is arrested for the crime. Gwen presides over the case, and...
Released:
1995
Rated:
NR
Length:
101 mins