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Robot & Frank

Robot and Frank (Robot & Frank)

2012

Jake Schreier

Frank Langella, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Susan Sarandon ...

6.4

8,545

Sci-Fi. Comedy. Drama In a not very distant future, the integration of robotic presences among humans will enable the emergence of, for example, androids programed to take care of older people. This is precisely the solution that Hunter and Madison find for their elderly father Frank, whose memory losses are becoming more and more frequent.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Frank Langella gives a master class in acting in a movie with bracing humor and a dash of heartbreak - just don't expect to be wrapped up in a warm and fuzzy cinematic blanket (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"
		Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer	"A small, sweet character study that affords Frank Langella another opportunity to shine (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"
		John Anderson Variety	"Debuting helmer Jake Schreier, screenwriter Christopher D. Ford and a wry and wily Frank Langella all shine in a smart, plausible and resonant film"
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"This is a framework that could have benefitted from more irony and complexity, especially with the resources of Langella, but at the end, I felt the movie was too easily satisfied (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Frank Langella plays so many variations on cute and crotchety and with such suppleness - he's by turns a charming codger, a silver fox and a wise graybeard - that his performance comes close to a saving grace"

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