'Robot & Frank' is a film about the relationship between a man and a robot. The film takes place in the near future. Frank has memory problems and his son gets him a health care robot to help him out. An odd friendship starts to develop between Frank and the robot. As Frank memory begins to improve he starts to get an interest in his former profession, burglary. He teaches the robot how to pick locks and begins to plan heists with him. The film isn't about burglary although there is that component. It's about a lonely man developing a relationship with a robot. They have chemistry and Langella's performance is amazing. But there is something sad about it. Why does this man have to be friends with this robot? Is there no one else? Does he come to rely on it to much? The movie investigates getting old, memory loss, and technology and a simple enjoyable way. You leave the theater feeling good but with a nagging sense of doubt you can't quite place.
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