Strange feelings

Something happens in the mind of the spectator when he leaves the theatre after watch Robot and Frank. One can admire the porpose and the message but what's about the naif way to tell the story?

Not talking about the main character, a former thief, but about the treatment of his illness directed by Jake Schreier. When Frank (Frank Langella) is retired and an a senior suffers alzheimer. A very big deal for his busy children who give him a high-tech robot to help him in the house and to do some brain training to fight against the illness.

It's obvious that the Frank's first reaction it isn't good. But with the time, as everybody can imagine, they get closer and coperate in a new robbery that Frank planned to win the heart of his ex wife again. Nobody knows about his plans but they don't want that Frank keeps stealing but is the only time he is almost clever and can keep a lot of details in his memory, even with his illness, and the appreciated help of the robot.

 Ok. To make the story short one can say that Robot and Frank is a movie plenty of good intentionts, the hope of deal with the alzheimer when the patient is really motivated, the, sometimes, unrespectfull care of the children or relatives who leave their responsabilities to others and don't listen the ill ones. But sometimes that's not enough. The movie is not breathtaking nor even excellent. One can leaves the theatre with a smile and the pleasure to have watched a movie well filmed, but forgettable. More forgettable that the memories who really suffer alzheimer, who cry everytime that they realized their own situation and that is not explained in the movie.


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