The Old Man & the Gun

"Protagonist Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford) robs banks!" Great, but why does he "need" to rob banks? We know he can't "stop" robbing banks, but why does he "need" to rob banks? We, the audience, never learn why. And whenever I hear a character - "any" character in "any" scene - make a joke followed by saying "I'm just kidding" or "I was only joking," well, then, you've just ended the scene - it fell flat on its face and you've got nowhere else to go! This happened 2 or 3 times. Plus, there's a montage 10 minutes before the end of the film that doesn't work. That montage could and should be cut into the beginning of the film. And why shy away from showing any real affection between the two lead characters? There's one single, little peck of a kiss. What, older people aren't passionate, don't share intimacies between one another, kiss, and have sex? Pla-leeze!

I went to see this movie for 2 reasons. I have always been a fan of Robert Redford and I find that he always acts in very good films. That is until I saw this picture,which in my opinion is Robert's worst movie ever. I find that I have been generous in rating it at 1/10 It is complete garbage.

Too many scenes of Robert Redford walking into banks. Not enough of a story line based on character development. It would be sad if this was Redford final work.

This is one of the most boring movies I have ever been unfortunate enough to watch. I do not recommend watching this movie. Rather watch Stander. It is also about a bank robber, but the story is far more interesting and has some depth to it and unlike this, isn't the most boring story in the history of Hollywood.

If you took all the scenes in this movie, tossed them in the air and reassembled them in whatever order they came to hand -- and you did this fifty times -- you'd have the same movie every time. It consists of a bunch of Robert Redford winks and nods juxtaposed with a recurring clip of a guy in a fedora walking into a bank. That's the way it starts, and that's the way it ends, the only variation being an occasional glimpse of two old folks having a cup of coffee in a diner. The movie advertises the great Tom Waits as a member of the cast, but gives Mr. Waits a bare three-minute dialogue (the movie's highlight), seeing no reason to let him sing a song or even to include a Tom Waits song in its score. Too bad, because this is a film that could have used a soulful, raspy voice in the background, there being so little of interest happening in the foreground.

You watch Redford and Spacek and you just wish they keep making more movies - as many as they can. The charisma is there on screen. And yes while we are being told that young is best (and beautiful, but there is no denying they both are mesmerizing), there is something to be said about experience and about screen presence that is felt. Now this is based on a true story or rather real people. If you don't mind that tag, you will be treated to a great movie. A criminal and a gentleman - who other than Robert Redford to portray such a mixture? While some may only got to know him from his recent appearances in the Marvel Universe, a lot of other people already knew of him - to whichever group you belong: this is worth your time and patience (slow pace) because it is just a great movie with great performances