Limited opening 8/17/12 (NY 8/24/12 (LA)
I saw it at El Con on Thursday, 9-20-12
RT Crit: 89 Audience: 86
cag: It was okay, had a stellar cast (2.5)
Director: Jake Shreier
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Frank Langela, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Liv Tyler
This is set in the "near future." Worried about his father's encroaching dementia/Alzheimers, a son gives him a robot to help him with chores, keeping a schedule, and life in general. The father, Frank Langela, doesn't think he needs help, but quickly becomes "friends" with the robot. The kicker, the thing that isn't shown in any of the previews of the movie is (SPOILER ALERT) that Frank's past included a stint in prison for robbery, and he's still really good at that particular craft. So together, they plan
a heist.
Super cast. Nice setting, small town America. Depressing probabilities for our future. Libraries no longer needed .Aging. Two things that I don't want to think about at all.
The ending was flat, dull, boring, lacking creativity. Made a somewhat decent move go downhill fast.
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