As usual, this film was shot in hd video high definition widescreen and bluray with dolby digital audio. The idea of a geriatric pensioner pulling off heists with his health care robot is a an amusing and creative idea, but the filmmakers do not take advantage of. The film entitled robot and frank is centered on the life of a guy named frank who is a former prisoner and his experiences with his family. The film, set in the near future, stars frank langella as frank, an ageing jewel thief who plans one last heist with a robot. In his new film, veteran actor frank langella plays an aging jewel thief whose life is being stolen away from him by the onset of alzheimers disease. Set in the near future, an exjewel thief frank langella receives a gift from his son. Jan 24, 2012 one of the hits at this years sundance film festival is robot and frank, an unusual story of a lonely old man named frank who makes friends with a household robotwho becomes his accomplice. A blend of science fiction, comedy, and drama, the movie focuses on an aging cat burglar with dementia played with.
While used to living his own life without the intervention. The latest film robot and frank starring frank langella, james marsden, liv tyler, susan sarandon, and peter sarsgard blending drama with a touch of scifi, but does this film work or is this great cast wasted on a failed experiment. A delightful dramatic comedy, a buddy picture, and, for good measure, a heist film. The film uniquely crosses across so many genre borders and can best be described as a dramedy meets a heist thriller. The old man and the robot learn to live with each other while developing a unique. And peter sarsgaard provides the voice of robot, the technologically advanced butlerhealthcare worker langellas son james marsden buys for him, so marsden wont have to spend 10 hours every. You have to be old enough to acknowledge the reality outlined in the film and brave. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian. Set in the near future, frank, a retired cat burglar, has two grown kids who are c. The robot was created by tony gardners special effects company alterian, inc.
Now for the symbiotic relationship with frank s robot. Rather than placing him in a nursing home, his son purchases a highly advanced healthcare robot voiced by peter sarsgaard. 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. Frank resists the robot at first, but he warms to it after realizing that it could be the perfect heist companion. Set in the near future, frank, a retired cat burglar, has two grown kids who are concerned he can no longer live alone. A treasure of a movie about a man in his later years, frank, his adult children who are immersed in their own lives and an unusual caregiver, the robot.
Frank langella stars as an aging man who is slipping mentally and physically. Hes still able to feed and care for himself and walk into town to get books from the library, but hes becoming forgetful. A different future with robots to help us in ways their creators may not have envisaged. Peter sarsgaard, frank langella and susan sarandon. Frank is a man who lives alone in a bucolic house in upstate new york and is somewhere along the slope into dementia. They are tempted to place him in a nursing home until frank s son chooses a different option. Though frequent trips to the local library keep him physically active and mentally stimulated, theres. In the near future, frank is a retired catburglar living alone while his successful son, hunter, tries to care for him from afar. Robot and frank follows a retired cat burglar in the near future whose family is concerned with him living alone.
Frank is a former criminal living out his twilight years in quiet solitude. The main purpose of the robot was to help frank stay fit physically and mentally. 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. When his son buys him a robot butler, his annoyance with his new.
Although the film s mature subject matter an aging excon father has health and relationship issues isnt too likely to appeal to tweens or teens, theres not a ton of ageinappropriate content. Frank, frank langella plays frank, a semiretired jewel thief with a failing memory and a messy home, situated in a quaint small town in the nottoodistant future. Robot and frank trailer 2012 frank langella, susan sarandon movie hd set in the near future, an exjewel thief receives a gift from his daughter. Latest news about robot and frank, starring frank langella, susan sarandon, james marsden, liv tyler, peter sarsgaard, jeremy sisto, jeremy strong and directed by jake schreier. The movie was interesting, pointed out some of the problem that elders face and the missuse of the robot. Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the jake schreierdirected movie via subscription can be tricky.
Frank langella and susan sarandon act very well but the supporting actors dont which is a pity because if they had this film would be one of the alltime absolute great films rather than just a great film. Sloan prize at the 2012 sundance film festival, tying with the kashmiri film valley of saints by musa syeed. The robot gives an ironic twist to isaac asimovs three laws of robotics, and the movie is. This film was produced and or financed by tbb, white hat, park pictures and dog run pictures. Movie analysis of the movie robot and frank 777 words.
Robot and frank, on demand movie, comedy digitalmovies, drama. A hard, funny and realistic movie about the future. This is not a negative, its just the way it is played in the film and the way it is in real life now. Purchase robot and frank on digital and stream instantly or download offline. A new trailer for robot and frank has been released. Set in the near future, robot and frank is an offbeat buddy movie about an elderly exjewel thief and his new caretaker robot. The movie robot and frank provides a unique opportunity for this, as it is set in a very near future, where the events taking place are relatable such as a whole library switching to electronic publications, keeping just a few real books as relics of the past and life is not very different from the present. Robot and frank on dvd 043396405394 from sony pictures home entertainment.
Frank langella, james marsden, liv tyler, susan sarandon. In the near future, a retired thief gets a robot, which enables him to woo a local librarian. The film first premiered at the sundance film festival 2012 and is the winner of the alfred p. Frank, who had once been a notorious criminal, is at a stage in his life whereby he is losing his memory. An indie scifi film from 2012 directed by jake schreier and written by christopher ford, starring frank langella, susan sarandon, james marsden and liv tyler.
Set in the near future, frank, a retired cat burglar, has two grown kids who are. Frank langella stars as an aging criminal who develops a touching relationship with a robot in this new drama, currently available on dvd. Finding this little gem at your local theater would be an opportunity to. Because robot can do it faster than frank and no one will notice if robot. Robot and frank is part comedy, part heist and all heart. As it ended, i kind of wanted to see it again, which is a high compliment to pay to a movie. Why it crackles peter sarsgaard is the coolest robot since hal in a surprising, sharply written heist comedy.
An aging thief with a fading memory finds his love for larceny reinvigorated after receiving a companion robot from his concerned son in this tender scifi comedydrama starring academy award nominee frank langella. Robot and frank trailer 2012 frank langella, susan. Near future or not, just substitute the word caregiver for robot. One of the films more touching and nicely underplayed angles is the improvement frank makes as he becomes reengaged with. Its actually a rather serious and ultimately depressing film but one that is highly original. It was the first film snapped up at sundance last year before the sessions, before beasts of the southern wild. At first frank is opposed until he learns he can teach the robot to be his partner. In the nearfuture, the son james marsden and daughter liv tyler of a retired professional thief frank langella come to believe that he is no longer able to take care of himself. Worried about his dad his son hunter marsden gives him a gift, a robot to help him remember things and help out around the house.
Staring james marsden, liv tyler, frank langella and susan sarandon. Unfortunately for him at the time he is living alone. Although the films mature subject matter an aging excon father has health and relationship issues isnt too likely to appeal to tweens or teens, theres not a ton of ageinappropriate content. Raw, who talks to the films star, director and producers on the red carpet. Jake schreiers robot and frank 2012 movie trailer stars frank langella, susan sarandon, liv tyler, james marsden, and peter. Jun 25, 2012 robot and frank trailer 2012 frank langella, susan sarandon movie hd set in the near future, an exjewel thief receives a gift from his daughter. Robot and frank 2012, news, trailers, music, quotes, trivia. Sep 19, 2012 the latest film robot and frank starring frank langella, james marsden, liv tyler, susan sarandon, and peter sarsgard blending drama with a touch of scifi, but does this film work or is this great cast wasted on a failed experiment. As such, no inserts are found inside the black keepcase.
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