It's OK, I guess, as far as it goes, but it doesn't go far enough, and, in the end, settles for what I most feared it would settle for: sentimentality.

| Sep 4, 2018

Robot & Frank, on the other hand, is a tonic of a film: it's all understatement. The whimsical but whip-smart tone suggests a liveaction version of a Pixar movie

| Oct 3, 2017

Ageing, isolation, broken families, memory and the impact of modern technology are all playfully woven through a smart, comforting narrative that's at once immensely satisfying yet wonderfully unexpected.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 5, 2017

FRANK & ROBOT is a poignant tale of man and machine

| Nov 8, 2013

The film tries to say something coherent about important issues such as the descending darkness of old age but misses the mark with most of them.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 8, 2013

Robot & Frank does not quite deliver a killer punch, but it's an engaging, humane fantasy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 7, 2013

Frank Langella forms an engaging double act with a piece of moulded metal alloy in Robot & Frank.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 7, 2013

Here's a film with a premise that could have played horrendously in the wrong hands.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 7, 2013

Robot and Frank were electric. The rest? Sheepish.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 7, 2013

Forget the sci-fi trimmings and sentimental pay-off - this is a gleefully subversive character study of a charming but unapologetic rogue.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 3, 2013

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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 7, 2013

There are also some surprising plot developments that eventually turn the comedy into quite a touching human story. ROBOT & FRANK is a modest but genuinely appealing film.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 15, 2012

The final twist is a little forced, but otherwise the actors ensure that the fanciful plot stays grounded in recognisable emotions -- and Langella and Sarandon have more romantic chemistry than most screen couples at any age.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 15, 2012

What a weird, winning little movie is Robot & Frank.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 31, 2012

"Robot & Frank" hits all the right notes - romantic, fantastic, tragic and sweet.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 31, 2012

Langella ... is tremendous.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 30, 2012

Frank Langella's presence would be enough to pique my interest in any film. Robot & Frank offers him a modest starring vehicle with a science-fiction spin, and the result is one of the most enjoyable indie films of the year.

| Aug 24, 2012

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.

| Original Score: B | Aug 24, 2012

Much of Robot & Frank is (frankly) resistible, including the climactic narrative twist, but there is also a likeable oddness that transcends the sentimental contrivance.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 24, 2012

An endearing movie about a human and his mechanical new buddy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 24, 2012