The Old Man & the Gun

So damn charming it makes your heart twinkle like Redford's eyes.

The beauty of Redford’s rock-steady performances over the last six decades or so is that he never showed off, and yet always commanded your attention.

The Old Man & The Gun is so reliant on the echoes of past films, on the career it’s constantly evoking and riffing on, that it sometimes feels as ephemeral as dust floating in a projector beam. But there’s something truthful and even moving in the way Lowery conflates the joy of one impossible occupation with that of another.

David Lowery’s film is about as quiet and patient as what is ostensibly a caper movie can be. Yet its engine never idles, in large part because Redford, at 82, remains a movie star, someone to whom we are drawn, even as he is politely robbing a bank with a note, a gun and a smile.

It’s hard to imagine anyone in this role but Redford. Without him, there would be little here worth seeing.

We’re treated to a series of breezy heist/cat-and-mouse montages and a lowkey, conversational charm that are combined to hammer home the idea of how great a feeling it is to love what you do.

David Lowery has a carefree, bordering on insubstantial touch, which gives rise to several rank absurdities.

I enjoyed this film, knowing its the last film Robert Redford intended to star in (certainly as the lead character). It somewhat reminded me of the Mule, I suppose as its a film about an older gentleman involved in potentially violent crime, although no doubt there are a lot of other such films around. There isn't actually a lot of violence in this film, its much more of a low key character based drama. I particularly enjoyed the scenes with Forrest and Jewel acquainting themselves, there are some heart to hearts, interesting discussions that give an insight into Forrest's life perhaps. It's perhaps somewhat thought provoking in terms of how the authorities regard the recent robberies when they realise the culprit is an older man who is, as I say, regularly described as 'a gentleman', as if that could ever be the case(!) surely not(!). I also like it as its based on a true story, which always appeals to me. I would certainly recommend this film, yes.

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A just fine farewell for Robert Redford in a irregular film by David Lowery that chose to be sweet instead of being more tense and dramatic, which considering the story it missed that mark. Like I said it was just fine. Nothing memorable, which is kinda sad for Redford.

An intentional throwback to the seventies filmmaking of Robert Redford's heyday both stylistically and story wise, it couldn't be much more of a bore despite the iconic star. Sophisticated special sneak audience laughed and **** rolled on cue though as if they were watching a different movie, as if they'd never seen this kind of soft cliché laden easy trot through before. The audience was smarter back in the time the movie is set in.

It is true. Robert Redford has made some great **** Natural was perfect. But, this one fell so short for me that I walked out of the movie house after 20 minutes. The one thing I keep noticing about Redford movies is that he insists that his hair be perfectly coiffed and his clothing tailored to his own inimitable style. That over-concern with perfection in image has taken away from the the chracter's portrayal and many of the other characters he's played through the years. Casey Afleck seems to need a course or two in elocution. He is a career mumbler. The camera work lacks the smooth touch of a pro. If "low-key" was the director's intention; the lackluster music didn't provide emotional juxtaposition that a good score should. Too bad. I was really looking forward to **** I'm a big Sissy Spacek fan.