A Geeky Guy's Guide to Roofman
In celebration of Mother's Day, last Saturday I let my wife pick the movie we would watch with no input from me. She chose Roofman. Luckily for me, my wife is cool and she knows what movies i will find entertaining. Luckily for her it starred Channing Tatum because... ummmm... he looks like Channing Tatum.
Don't let the funny bear and sunglasses fool you. Focus more on the gun. This is not as light hearted as one would think.
I had actually wanted to see this movie since it was first advertised. Although it was based on a true story, I had never heard anything about it when it happened. So all I knew is what I saw in the trailers, a nice guy (who commits armed robberies) hides from the police inside a Toys's'Us for six months. From the ads it was hard to tell if it would be a comedy or a drama. It turns out it was a bit of both.... but it was definitely far more drama. Oh and for the young people out there, Toys'r'Us is somehting my generation called a toy store. You know a place where you could go and look at and buy toys. It was liek Amazon... but in real life!
Although I don't feel the same way my wife does about Channing Tatum, I find him very charming and likable in just about every role he plays. He's just pleasant. This movie was no exception. In fact, it is really his charm that carries the movie.
Even though this is based on real events, I think they are so obscure that I could still possibly spoil this movie. As a result, I won't reveal too much of the plot. But I will say that the tone switches about three quarters of the way through... and I'm glad it did. It starts light but it can't possibly stay that way.
This is a movie about a very likable person.The real Jeffrey Manchester is an army veteran who struggled to provide for his family after returning home. He seems like a good person... who makes horrible choice after horrible choice. As a result, you cannot feel too sorry for him. And that is the way it should be. There might be reasons for a choice but the consequences for that choice do not disappear.
Beyond Tatum (and Manchester's) charm, there are some surprisingly excellent performances in the film. Laketh Stanfield, who plays Jeffrey's friend Steve, has never put in a bad performance and Roofman is no exception. Kirsten Dunst, who I normally cannot stand, was more than watchable in this film. She was actually good. Peter Dinklage is the perfect retail manager. I just wanted to punch him! Ben Mendlesohn really brings to life Pastor Ron who welcomes Jeffery into his flock.
Although this movie was not fun, it was good. I would call it more interesting than entertaining. It was fascinating to see how Jeffery could pull off hiding out in a Toys'r"Us.... especially during the Christmas Rush. And it was fascinating, and incredibly sad, to see how this apparently well meaning human being made selfish bad choice after selfish bad choice all while believing he really was the unselfish good guy.
Every once in a while it is good to see a well made movie that makes its bones by just telling a compelling story performed by excellent actors. It wasn't exciting. It wasn't really funny or romantic. It was just a story. In this case it was a story worth watching.
The most beautiful thing about a husband and wife relationship is that they learn each other's likes and dislikes, and then over time, they begin to understand each other more. Finding hidden objects seems like an interesting task to everyone, so the way we have read the film is also like what you have said, so the viewers will also like it,
Sincerely speaking,I enjoyed reading this honestly, The way you described the movie made it feel less like a review and more like a real conversation about it. I also like that you didn’t try to make Jeffrey look innocent just because he had struggles That balance was really amazing. And that Toys R Us hiding part still sounds crazy to me 😂. Now I’m actually curious to watch it for myself.
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STOPWe'd have to see it to give an objective opinion about the film. Now he hides in the toy store as an employee every time he commits a crime; it's the perfect front to carry out all those robberies without raising any suspicion because he's also a war veteran. It's certainly a far-fetched story, but well, it could be true.
Oh he doesn’t hide as an employee… you’d have to see it.
I thought it was an employee, so it's a somewhat more complicated plot than I initially thought, and I wonder if I should watch it.
Sometimes it happens like this; we make decisions that lead to others, and then we enter a spiral that's very difficult to get out of. But the important thing is to try to redirect our lives, not for ourselves, but for our family, which is Jeffrey's main reason for doing what he does—to always try to give them the best.
6 months living inside a Toys?? How the hell can you make it
They actually deal with that a little.
My wife and I actually watched a movie this weekend too. It was based on a book that she had read and while I wasn't so sure about it at first, it ended up being a really good movie. It just came out on Netflix and it is called Remarkably Bright Creatures. She had read the book so she wanted to see how the movie compared. I found myself enjoying it.
That movie is getting rave reviews. I may need to check it out.
I was skeptical in the first five minutes, but it got really good. It's actually a pretty good family flick with only one F bomb in it.
Since it's based on a true story, it could be very interesting because, let's face it, sometimes reality surpasses fiction. The only thing is that no one should be excluded, since these things could happen. Out of desperation to help their family, someone is capable of doing anything crazy, like Jeffrey did for his. It's a good development; now we have to see it because I have some questions.
Struggles are made from all sides to save a relationship. Only if both people struggle, the relationship continues to run well and the love for each other also increases. When the struggle ends on one side, then the chances of the relationship ending increase