"The Old Man and The Gun"--movie review

@GreatMartin (23678)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
October 13, 2018 4:13pm CST
Robert Redford announced that this would be his last picture as an actor only to rescind that which is a good thing as he must have seen “The Old Man and The Gun”. Nothing wrong with the film except it is pretty lame to use as a swan song! The movie is based on the true story of Forrest Tucker, who was a serial bank robber, and supposedly was caught 17 times and escaped from jail 17 times. Sounds like it would be a shoot ‘em up, car chases not to mention jail scenes but all you get is one chase scene. Forrest seems to have been a polite and charming bank robber whose victims had nothing bad to say about him and makes for a somewhat boring movie. Let’s face it that the role should fit Redford like a glove as he is known as a charmer, is known for his smile and no one is Hollywood seems to have anything bad to say about him which really doesn’t make for excitement! We learn very little about who the man was except robbing banks was his job and he loved his job. We learn very little about his 2 partners in crime Danny Glover and Tom Waits and how they became the Over the Hill Gang. We do learn more about Casey Affleck as the detective determined to get Tucker but we don’t know why, like we meet his wife and kids but get to know very little about an interracial marriage in Texas in 1981. Tika Sumpter, who plays a real nasty woman in Tyler Perry’s “The Have and The Have Nots” with relish, yet here is the sweet little wife and mother. The main reason to see this movie is Sissy Spacek. It is far from a revelation to express what a fine actress is but here as Jewel, a woman Redford strikes up a romance with, and in most of their scenes her charm puts his to shame! Like the bank robberies and the aftermaths of being caught, prison and escaping the same, the romance between these two is so low keyed you aren’t sure anything happened! “The Old Man and The Gun” is a blank and shouldn’t be Redford’s last acting job. Movie trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7rlUe-Thvk
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@JohnRoberts (109865)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Oct 18
A real life criminal named Forrest Tucker? Seriously?
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@GreatMartin (23678)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
15 Oct 18
Yes! You and I are probably the only ones who got that!
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@xander6464 (40718)
• Wapello, Iowa
15 Oct 18
@GreatMartin Think again, Kid!
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@GreatMartin (23678)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Oct 18
@xander6464 Well you are older than dirt (what an expression!) and know all the old stars!
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@xander6464 (40718)
• Wapello, Iowa
14 Oct 18
So it's no Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, The Sting or All The President's Men?
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@GreatMartin (23678)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
15 Oct 18
It's the sting of the president's men butchly dancing in the sun--and then jumping off the cliff! (But no Newman to carry him!)
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@GreatMartin (23678)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
15 Oct 18
@xander6464 Paul was 20 times better looking and 40 times better an actor plus he was married to Joanne Woodward (is Redford even married or was he or did he pine after Paul?) not to forget the one time I waited on him and Joanne at the Ham 'n Eggs I was working at on 52nd street he gave a GREAT tip! (Get YOUR mind out of the gutter!)
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@xander6464 (40718)
• Wapello, Iowa
15 Oct 18
@GreatMartin Do you think Paul carried him? I always saw it as an equal partnership.
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@celticeagle (157593)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Oct 18
Sounds like a great story. Be glad when it comes on Netflix.
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@celticeagle (157593)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Oct 18
@GreatMartin ......Oh, really?!
@GreatMartin (23678)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
15 Oct 18
It's a great story but you wouldn't know it from this film!
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@DWDavis (25820)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
13 Oct 18
I hadn't known Redford was still acting and from your description, he really needs to make at least one more movie.
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@GreatMartin (23678)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
15 Oct 18
He does even if it is directing!!
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@FayeHazel (40250)
• United States
14 Oct 18
Hm. Sounds like a snore fest to me
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@GreatMartin (23678)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
15 Oct 18
Not THAT bad!
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@GreatMartin (23678)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
17 Oct 18
@FayeHazel Smart choice! Here is a feel good story for the day!
@FayeHazel (40250)
• United States
16 Oct 18
@GreatMartin Still.... I think I will watch other things, first :-)
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@Courage7 (19635)
• United States
13 Oct 18
I have been eagerly looking forward to see this film Martin. I had no idea Sissy was in it too. Thanks for the great review. I do know that this is Roberts last film.
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@Courage7 (19635)
• United States
14 Oct 18
@moonandstars Oh yes he said he will do no more after this
@GreatMartin (23678)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
15 Oct 18
No he has changed his mind!
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@Courage7 (19635)
• United States
16 Oct 18
@GreatMartin Has he?
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@jstory07 (133797)
• Roseburg, Oregon
14 Oct 18
That is a movie that I do not want to see. Thanks for the review.
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@GreatMartin (23678)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
15 Oct 18
It was this or "First Man" but the running time of First was too long for me to make an appointment I had.