Robot & Frank is set in the near future - and a very believably imagined future at that - where a former cat burglar now suffering from memory loss and dementia (the always awesome Frank Langella) is saddled with a caretaker robot (voiced by Peter Sarsgaard) by his son whose trying to do the right thing. Frank hates the idea, but makes it work by teaching the 'bot his old stock and trade as a "hobby". The DVD cover makes it look a bit syrupy, but it really isn't, getting, I think, the balance of comedy, drama and sentiment just right. James Marsden, Jeremy Sisto, Liv Tyler and Susan Sarandon co-star, not a bad note uttered between them. An odd little film worth discovering.
Wonderful tone, although a bit too flat on the secondary characters and plot. Langella is great though, you have to like the robot and the sentimentality just fits :)
Fantastic for what it was. Nearly as good as a movie of this size/genre can be, having avoided the three common pitfalls of being overly pretentious, over-the-top cute/zany, or too saccharine (though it does push it a bit in this last regard).
I especially enjoyed all the near-future gadgetry/design elements and how they were juxtaposed against the very natural setting of Cold Spring, NY (one of my favorite small towns in the U.S.).
I counted two moments of genuine laugh out loud hilarity, and a dozen decent chuckles otherwise. Despite the awkward ending, I really loved this one.
Add your comment
Comments 1 - 14 of 14
Aepyx
Oh man this movie... Really really charming, great performances and some really empathetic scenes.dpanter
Brilliant. Frank Langella delivers again. Plenty of recognizable people in the movie, Jeremy Sisto was underused though.Highly recommended!
Siskoid
Robot & Frank is set in the near future - and a very believably imagined future at that - where a former cat burglar now suffering from memory loss and dementia (the always awesome Frank Langella) is saddled with a caretaker robot (voiced by Peter Sarsgaard) by his son whose trying to do the right thing. Frank hates the idea, but makes it work by teaching the 'bot his old stock and trade as a "hobby". The DVD cover makes it look a bit syrupy, but it really isn't, getting, I think, the balance of comedy, drama and sentiment just right. James Marsden, Jeremy Sisto, Liv Tyler and Susan Sarandon co-star, not a bad note uttered between them. An odd little film worth discovering.vivienblue_06
cute and interesting story. I adore the robot.sammysin
Absolutely excellent. It's just so cleverly done and progresses with pristine pace.So good.
KuroSawWhat
Very cute and fun sci-fi buddy dramedy. Langella stole the show with his great performance. See it!CorPse
100% list worthy.Torgo
Wonderful tone, although a bit too flat on the secondary characters and plot. Langella is great though, you have to like the robot and the sentimentality just fits :)amir147
Oh its really fun and entertaining.. I hope I could have that kind of robot for my age days! :)True sad story but enjoyable.. :/
tomsalad
A great little movie!dirte_lawndre
Fantastic! A real charmer :)devilsadvocado
Fantastic for what it was. Nearly as good as a movie of this size/genre can be, having avoided the three common pitfalls of being overly pretentious, over-the-top cute/zany, or too saccharine (though it does push it a bit in this last regard).I especially enjoyed all the near-future gadgetry/design elements and how they were juxtaposed against the very natural setting of Cold Spring, NY (one of my favorite small towns in the U.S.).
I counted two moments of genuine laugh out loud hilarity, and a dozen decent chuckles otherwise. Despite the awkward ending, I really loved this one.
TheNorthernNerd
Check out my review over on http://bit.ly/RXB3AXmoviebuff_11
Hope to see this is in a few Top 10s of 2012 http://diegeticdigest.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/lff-robot-frank-review.html