
In the near future, Frank is a retired catburglar living alone while his successful son, Hunter, tries to care for him from afar. Finally, Hunter gets him a robot caretaker, but Frank soon learns that it is as useful as a burglary aide. As Frank tries to restart his old profession, the uncomfortable realities of a changing world and his worsening dementia threaten to take beyond what any reboot can do for him.... (Full plot summary below)
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In the near future, Frank is a retired catburglar living alone while his successful son, Hunter, tries to care for him from afar. Finally, Hunter gets him a robot caretaker, but Frank soon learns that it is as useful as a burglary aide. As Frank tries to restart his old profession, the uncomfortable realities of a changing world and his worsening dementia threaten to take beyond what any reboot can do for him.
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| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA hard, funny and realistic movie about the future. |
| Las Vegas CityLifeMatt KelemenChristopher D. Ford's seamless screenplay provides a light-comedy vehicle that Langella rides to a satisfyingly original, epiphanic finale. |
| The AristocratAdam Ross... a marvel of the highest order. Robot and Frank manages to seamlessly blend comedy, science fiction and drama into a film that is hilarious, truly original and utterly heartfelt |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin..never hits the easy and obvious beats of a buddy comedy; there's no sentimental bonding between man and mecha man. Similarly, though it feints toward romance, the relationship ... resolves in an unexpectedly bittersweet way. |
| What CultureShaun MunroAn hysterically funny, breathlessly paced and moving meditation on old age and existence, topped by an award-worthy turn from Frank Langella. One of the year's best. |
| San Diego Union-TribuneAlison GangA bittersweet, quietly hilarious buddy caper that deserves to be the sleeper hit of the summer. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanRobot & Frank is sentimental high-concept fluff that works. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertThere's a warm and poignant interplay between the co-stars. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekMay be somewhat slight in purely narrative terms, but it has a generous and humane spirit and draws real emotional impact from a most unlikely friendship. |
| NerdistLuke Y. ThompsonThis is not just the kind of science fiction that purists always say they want - i.e., the kind with real ideas that uses technology to talk about the human condition - but it's also an emotional powerhouse |