The main one you see in the commercials for the movie is the big city lawyer comes to the small town and tries a court case, like My Cousin Vinny. But with so much of the movie focused on other stuff we don't really see a ton of court action. We get one scene from jury selection and and maybe one cross examination before the big dramatic courtroom scene with Roberts Duvall and Downey Jr. and then the case is largely over.
Its also another of these "tragedy brings estranged family members back together" movies like Skeleton Twins or This Is Where I Leave You. I think this part of the movie is probably the strongest, mostly because of the excellent cast. Robert Downey Jr. does his usual Ton Stark thing while Robert Duvall is a cranky curmudgeon. I think this is probably the strongest part of the movie, though as stated before I am a sucker for family stuff in movies, and I feel like some of the story lines presented are pretty underdeveloped, especially Vincent D'Onfrio and Jeremy Strong as the other brothers in the family. There are the starts of stories here but they don't seem super developed.
The third movie is a fish out of water learns to love the small town story like Doc Hollywood. For me this is the weakest plot line just because of the way the movie is shot. All the scenes in Indiana are beautifully lit and shot, the small town where most of the action takes place is bright, sunny, and full of smiling people who seem pretty care-free and everyone's business is thriving. It makes Robert Downey Jr. just seem like he's being an over-dramatic when he's annoyed to be coming back home, instead of empathizing with him.
I wish I liked this movie more, because I am a fan of the actors here, but in the end there wasn't enough of any one thing to really lift this movie to the next level.
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