Initially against the whole idea frank starts to warm to the idea once he sees the opportunity of a partnership with his new buddie to revive his old career a high. Frank is a man who lives alone in a bucolic house in upstate new york and is somewhere along the slope into dementia. At first frank is hesitant to accept the robots help, but after the robot helps him shoplift, frank realizes that it could be his partner in crime. Frank langella stars as an aging criminal who develops a touching relationship with a robot in this new drama, currently available on dvd. With the robots help, frank plans a couple of local heists one to steal a book for the object of his affection a sweet librarian susan sarandon and another to swipe a gorgeous diamond.
The robot has no name and is purchased as a caregiver for frank, now afflicted with early to mid stage alzheimers, by frank s son. Jake is franks neighbor, his wife appears at a benefit draped with diamonds, and frank enlists robot for a little burglary. A buddy comedy like so many others before it but its a refreshing twist. A brilliant scientist creates a humanoid robot to protect mankind, but things go awry when human. Frank langella and liv tyler on their sundance hit robot and frank, about an elderly man. With peter sarsgaard, frank langella, susan sarandon, liv tyler. Frank langella, james marsden as his son and susan sarandon as the librarian ore all spectacular. Robot and frank mixes scifi with a message youtube. I dont normally rate films, but the jameson dublin international film festival asks the audience to rank a film from 1 worst to 4 best.
Actors like peter sarsgaard, frank langella, susan sarandon make this. Robot and frank would have been destined for the robot junkyard without the stunning performances of frank langella, susan sarandon, representing the older generation in th ensemble cast, and liv tyler and james marsden the younger. Set in the near future, an exjewel thief frank langella receives a gift from his. They are tempted to place him in a nursing home until frank s son chooses a different option. A former jewel thief with dementia, frank, receives a gift from his son a robot butler programmed to take care of his every need. In the near future, an exjewel thief receives a gift from his son. Langella in particular must have drawn on firsthand knowledge to have so convincingly portrayed some of the. As frank tries to restart his old profession, the uncomfortable. In the future, an aging jewel thief receives a robot companion to care for him, but he programs his new pal to help him pull off one last heist. Hes still able to feed and care for himself and walk into town to get books from the library, but hes becoming forgetful. As the title proposes, the task is a follow up to rowlene s discharge as a multi year old the evolution of a robot. Set in the near future, it focuses on frank weld, an aging jewel thief, played by frank langella, whose son buys him a domestic robot.
But soon the two companions try their luck as a heist team. While used to living his own life without the intervention of others, forgetful as he is, frank is used to and desperately clings to his independence. They are tempted to place him in a nursing home until franks son chooses a different option. One day, while out shopping, the robot unwittingly helps frank lift a catshaped bath bomb. Just like franks flirtation with a librarian a tangy susan.
Ahhh written and performed by sam bisbee bamsammusic bmi sam bisbee bmi mozart requiem mass. In the interest of full and frank disclosure, i ranked this film. Finally, hunter gets him a robot caretaker, but frank soon learns that it is as useful as a burglary aide. Resistant at first, frank warms up to the robot when he realizes he can use it to restart his career as a cat burglar. Franks son hunter, an attorney with a family of his own, grows tired of making weekly. Set in the near future, frank, a retired cat burglar, has two grown kids who are concerned he can no longer live alone. The menu plays a standard montage of clips under a robotlike bar of listings while an excerpt of the winning score plays. Marking the feature debut of director, jake schreier the film is part buddy comedy and part heist movie that pleasingly remains focused on its central character and his. Ford, robot and frank is a joyous tale of a retired jewel thief frank langella who, in his old age, has lost more than a couple steps. As such, no inserts are found inside the black keepcase. When frank is not flirting with the local librarian susan sarandon, he engages in acts of petty larceny at a local bath and beauty store. Franks son hunter james marsden surprises him with a robot peter sarsgaard butler.
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