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Synopsis: A reboot of the 1979 movie that was directed by Martin Brest and featured George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg. Three seniors, who are living social security check to check and even reduced to eating dog food at times, decide they have had enough. So, they plan to rob a bank...problem is, they don't even know how to handle a gun! A social commentary on growing old in America and what we are sometimes driven to, due to circumstances.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Zach Braff
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
PG-13
Year:
2017
96 min
2,087 Views


"Blueberry Kush."

"OG Kush."

How is this legal?

Gentlemen, prohibition is over.

Marijuana has superior medical benefits.

It's good for all kinds of situations.

Anxiety, pain, seizures, stress.

Anxiety, pain, seizures, stress.

Anxiety, pain, seizures...

What is your situation?

Right now, anxiety.

Listen, Joe, not to be

uncool to family and such.

Ex-family.

As you say. But, what do

you want from me, man?

We have this project, and

we're looking for help.

What kind of project?

Oh, well, we'd rather not say.

Well, that makes it harder

for me to help you.

We need to find the type of

people who do bad things.

What makes you think that I

would know people like that?

I figured your kind move

in the same circles.

My kind? Entrepreneurs?

No. Lowlifes. Deadbeats. Gangster types.

See, I'm sure that you could point us

in the right direction.

What's wrong with him?

He's thinking.

Looks painful.

I know it looks it,

but I've seen him do it before.

It's the drugs, you know?

Oh, yeah. Of course.

Oh, this stupid b*tch.

I wish I could tase his old ass.

Here comes an eggplant. Eggplant.

Hey, you.

- Hi, Annie.

- Hi!

You're here every day.

Don't you get a day off?

No, every day.

- Man, tough schedule.

- Mmm.

What are you going to

do with this eggplant?

I was thinking about a ratatouille.

I like to slice it paper thin for Parmesan.

You know, it soaks up all the juices.

Okay. Sounds good.

You will never, ever taste a better one.

I'm sure. Listen,

I think you're sweet, and I

find you very attractive.

- Oh, you think I'm attractive.

- You're a lovely person.

I think that's wonderful.

But you're not looking for a relationship.

Is that right?

That's exactly right.

Well, you have made that

perfectly clear, Al.

You want to have dinner some night?

What do I have to do? I just

don't think you hear me!

Oh, I hear you. I hear you real good.

You know what I think?

I think we owe it to ourselves to

live every single day that we have.

I feel that I really want

to get to know you better.

Share a meal with you.

I...

What? What is it, baby?

I have a roommate.

I have my own place.

- Annie.

- Yeah?

You make a hell of an eggplant Parmesan.

Thank you.

World class.

Thank you.

Scrambled eggs, turkey sausage, hash

browns, toast and coffee, please.

"Good morning, Mitzi. Your

hair looks nice today. "

"Did you get your hair cut?"

"Oh yeah, Al, I did."

"And you know what I'm in the mood

for?" "I don't know, Al. What?"

Mitzi, you look gorgeous.

You smell fantastic.

Now go get me some food,

because I'm starving to death.

All right. That's more like it.

Didn't think you'd be joining us today.

I'm too old for grudges.

That never stopped you.

Talk amongst yourselves.

Oh! Here! It's in print!

"Wechsler's pensioner's fund, and assets

"to be distributed to current debtors."

They're using our retirement

money to pay utility bills.

And that isn't all. Check this.

"Williamsburg Savings Bank will

manage the liquidation of the fund,

"and the restructuring of

Wechsler's corporate debt."

- That's my bank.

- That's my bank.

That's my bank!

They're stealing our goddamn pension!

That's what it says.

Forty years I worked for

that goddamn company,

and now they're stealing our pension.

Get it out of here. I'm not hungry.

You want to take it home? For go?

No! No, leave it here.

Nobody's taking anything from me anymore.

You know something, Al?

You're complicated today.

I'm not coming back to your table.

And no coins.

I'm not a laundromat.

I'm in. I want to rob that bank.

It's as good a place as any.

Well, how do we start?

We get in touch with this fellow

that my ex-son-in-law deals with.

Why is he going to help us?

Because apparently

this is the best weed in Brooklyn.

Man, that's like a pillow.

Yeah, but it's a pillow you can smoke.

Gentlemen, let's go get our money back.

Hear. Hear.

Yeah!

Why would I help you?

25%. That's not chicken scratch.

I could rob a bank on my own. Make 100%.

I'm sure you can, but this is easy money.

None of the risks. Only the reward.

You show us the ropes, you get paid.

Murphy does it right! Sh*t right there.

You five-oh?

We're practically eight-oh.

Now, I don't know you from Adam.

How does Jesus know you're cool?

No, we're cool.

What's the matter?

What do you think of these guys, huh?

What do you think?

What do you think, huh? You tell me.

Good or bad?

Aw, can I hold him? Can I?

Do you want to go with him?

He says okay.

He takes the whole bottle.

Tiny little fella.

I find this one in a drainage ditch.

- No!

- Yeah.

People have no heart these days.

So what makes you think

you can pull it off?

Well, I don't know. Thought

we'd give it a go.

"Well, I don't know. We'll

just give it a go."

You could get life! Which I

guess for you, isn't that long.

But you better think, old

man, and you better know.

This is not sitting on a

park bench playing bingo.

Listen, fella.

I don't have to take sh*t from you.

I get enough of this crap out there.

In 20 days, I will not

have a roof over my head.

My social security check is a

joke and my pension is tits up.

Us three are going to go through with it.

We are going to go through with it.

If you want to make 25%

helping us, that's fine.

But if you don't

keep the bullshit to yourself!

That was a good speech, bro.

You going to help us?

Maana.

Uh...

You got any snacks?

- Willie?

- Huh?

I love the feeling of the air on my face.

Me too.

Oh, my God! Look out. We got

little baby junkies here.

I think I'll get a prescription for this.

- Me too.

- Heh.

This food is excellent tonight.

They must've changed recipes.

Same crap. You got the munchies.

Hey. You mind?

Take 'em both.

Okay.

How much time do you think

you've got, Willie?

I don't know.

Take a guess.

Two, three years?

That's it? You look great!

Just a feeling. You asked.

What about you?

Oh, I'd guess, uh, seven years.

What about you, Al?

I have bad luck. I'll

probably live to be 100.

Then you can do both eulogies.

Got it.

So that's 27 years total.

Our pensions average 45,000 dollars a year.

1,215,000 dollars is what

we withdraw from the bank.

Hey, hey, hey! What if we get more?

We give it to charity.

Yeah, but what if we get less? I'm

not going to go through this twice.

Hey! That's our bank right there.

Wait a second, you're going

to rob your own bank?

It's personal.

Okay. We skip lesson number one.

What was lesson number one?

Never rob your own bank.

We'll move on to lesson two then.

I've got 20 days before I lose my house.

Robbing a bank is an art form.

Ten different people will take the

same place ten different ways.

You need to come up with a

plan that is special for you.

Cameras aqui, aqui.

One entrance.

One emergency exit.

The right getaway car is very important.

Find something they'll never suspect.

Just put 'em together like this.

Uh-huh.

Magic.

Good.

You have to be in great physical shape.

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Theodore Melfi

Theodore Melfi is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his feature length debut film St. Vincent starring Bill Murray. more…

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