88% Robot & Frank

All Critics (58) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (7)

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.

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

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

Just about the time that Robot starts to grow on his curmudgeonly client, so may this movie -- a sci-fi fantasia that's surprisingly sweet and old-fashioned -- win over any skeptics.

Turns out to be a hard, funny and realistic movie about the future.

Charming, playful and sly, it makes us believe that a serene automaton and a snappish human being can be best friends forever.

Amusing and ingratiating, leaving a bittersweet afterglow

Smart and sweet, Robot and Frank feels familiar while you're watching it yet consistently finds ways to catch you off-guard.

Further proof that sci-fi need not be high-budget spectacle, and can actually do a good little job exploring the human condition, our characters, and our memories.

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.

Blessed with artistry bordering on magic, Langella carries the film.

Robot & Frank settles for what it is, a short, slight story, sweetly told and gently and believably acted.

A bittersweet, quietly hilarious buddy caper that deserves to be the sleeper hit of the summer.

Cold-staring with a black, reflective visor, a robot helps a fading old man to see life, and himself, more clearly.

In a traditionally excellent, subtle performance, Langella embodies a man recapturing his purpose.

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