Robot & Frank (2012)
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Critic Consensus: Led by a brilliant performance from star Frank Langella, Robot & Frank works as both a quirky indie drama and as a smart, thoughtful meditation on aging.
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as Robot
as Jennifer
as Madison
as Frank
as Hunter
as Sheriff Rowlings
as Jake
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Critic Reviews for Robot & Frank
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FRANK & ROBOT is a poignant tale of man and machine
Ultimately, it feels as though the filmmakers have settled for the soft option one too many times, and the result is a pleasant but unmemorable watch.
"Robot & Frank" hits all the right notes - romantic, fantastic, tragic and sweet.
There's a warm and poignant interplay between the co-stars.
Langella ... is tremendous.
It may not seem like an even playing field pitting an actor as powerfully intense as Frank Langella opposite a robot, but that's the game plan behind the waywardly endearing, slightly futuristic fantasy Robot & Frank.
Audience Reviews for Robot & Frank
Very lovable, calm and funny film about an old burglar and his personal robot butler that stirs his old interests in him. The Sci-Fi hints are subtle but work great, especially the robot design is wonderful. Langella is a wonderfully grumpy leading man, the rest of the cast is just as excellent. A very satisfying little film.
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When we first began considering the possibility of artificial intelligence in film most usually it was of an antagonistic variety, i.e. HAL in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Most recently the idea being floated around is that we, in fact, come to be amorously predisposed to that which we invent ("It reminds me of somebody...") as in Ex Machina or Her. In that vein comes Frank Langella's moving portrayal of a senior resistant to technology who comes to feel quite differently in time. Highly recommended. Great stuff by all involved. Superior.
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A former jewel thief in denial of his memory lapses is forced to live with a health care robot (not an inflatable one) who unwittingly becomes his accomplice in chasing the illicit burglary thrills that once landed the thief in the slammer but nevertheless gave meaning to his life. Robot is rather cute in its naïve approach to the world, but I find it hard to believe that the programmers didn't give him more common sense. The cold social interactions between Robot and the older biblio model, Mr. Darcy, are quite hilarious, and Susan Sarandon makes a nerdy/sexy librarian. The estranged father/son relationship as played by Frank Langella and James Marsden is compelling, but the human vs. robot rights debate broached by Liv Tyler's daughter character doesn't really go anywhere.
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Robot & Frank Quotes
| Robot: | Warning: Do not molest me. |
| Robot: | Self destruct sequence initialized. 10, 9, 8,......2, 1. (No explosion) |
| Frank: | Can't you do that super fast? |
| Robot: | Some things take time, Frank. |
| Robot: | You should not drink those, Frank. It is not good for gout. |
| Frank: | I don't have gout. |
| Robot: | You do not have gout. Yet. |