Robot and Frank
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67 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

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  • Starring: Frank Langella, Liv Tyler, Peter Sarsgaard, Susan Sarandon
  • Summary: Set in the near future, Frank, a retired cat burglar, has two grown kids who are concerned he can no longer live alone. They are tempted to place him in a nursing home until Frank's son chooses a different option: against the old man's wishes, he buys Frank, a walking, talking, humanoid robot programmed to improve his physical and mental health. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 30
  3. Negative: 1 out of 30
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    Aug 23, 2012
    100
    A hard, funny and realistic movie about the future.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Aug 16, 2012
    60
    No one conveys late-life elegy and cool intellectual cunning like Langella.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Chris Cabin
    Aug 14, 2012
    25
    Christopher D. Ford's film is nothing more than a Lifetime movie dolled up in cheap Philip K. Dick drag.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. Barbaramsw
    9
    Enjoyable from beginning to end. Great performance from Frank Langella. Finally a good movie without blood, explosions, dead people! If only there were more . . .… Expand
  2. slimchance
    9
    What a delightful, surprising and resonant first film about aging, dementia, and the ambivalent prospect of robotic care of the elderly to have emerged from the collaboration of a youthful screenwriter (Christopher Ford) and director (Jake Schreier). This deceptively modest film is blessed by a tour-de-force performance by the brilliant Frank Langella complemented by a dream team supporting cast and a whimsical mechanical contraption brought to eerie cybourg life by Peter Saarsgard's pitch-perfect robotic voice. With nary a moment of violence or nudity, it manages to be simultaneously amusing, provocative and edifying. A little gem of a timely film appropriate for all ages.… Expand
  3. TarkaOne
    3
    This movie didn't seem to know where to go next. It was choppy, muddled, and tiresome. The characters were two-dimensional, the plot was tediously predictable, the humor flat. Liv Tyler was hugely irritating as the well-intentioned daughter. I'm amazed this film has garnered so many glowing reviews. Very disappointing.… Expand

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