InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

DKosty123 The star power is here. Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Alan Arkin and a cast that is stellar is why I have a 7 here. But meanwhile, back at the ranch, while this film takes great pains to explain why they get away with the heist, it fails to explain enough that even a rookie cop would find out they did it.I do like the off-shoring screwing over seniors by a corporation offshoring their company and stealing their pensions. The thing is nobody ever bothers to explain that this happens because of the 1986 tax law changes which made it possible for corporations to make money doing this and has literally screwed an entire 32 years of American workers so far. This is an example of the light weight script. Another thing is when they are giving out money to the friends they leave the bank id bands around the bundles of money. With out a logical explanation of why the police would not realize that this is robbery money, it shoots down the great carnival explanation of why the cops can not prove they did the robbery. This is a remake, and to me the George Burns / Art Carney original has more laughs too. There is no wonder about that. Watch the original and check the differences. This is a film I can enjoy, but classic? No way...

Graham Harvey All these films and tv shows that are making reference to the corruption, greed & illegal and immoral actions of the wall st banks & corporations, are a great start. Through movies like this, people are starting to realise that most of humanity is on the side of the normal people; the challenge is to find a leader who will lay down the law rather than have dinner and get a cut of the profits from the 1%. Unfortunately this film does not explore very far. In true American individualistic culture, the mentality seems to be that if the rich are going to steal and get away with it, then we may as well do the same. In some ways this is only a parody, but what is said always contains the feelings ideas & opinions of creators, at least to some degree. We need a spreading of wisdom. Does democracy mean that corporations and the extreme rich are free to keep all they have even when others go without the basics of food, clothing, water, medicine? Democracy when all humans on this planet has a voice, will call for a major overhaul: that the basic necessities of life be provided to all, not just to those who have $ in the bank. It is a good start though. Hopefully it will get people thinking. Robbing banks is not the solution. People struggling while corporations post bigger & bigger profits is not the solution. So then we start to think about how all people on earth have a voice to demand that all basics be provided for by government & those individuals & corporations with extreme wealth.

ellic1 I have a distaste for remakes but every once in a while they work. The 1979 original had a great cast with Lee Starsberg, Art Carney and George Burns. The bar was set high, but if you can find an equally talented cast Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin you might just pull it off. Add a supporting cast with Ann Margaret, Christopher LLoyd and Matt Dillon and you have a recipe for success.This is an enjoyable film that is well worth watching.

SnoopyStyle Joe Harding (Michael Caine) goes to the bank to confront his banker who is threatening to take his home. He has his daughter Rachel and granddaughter Brooklyn (Joey King) living with him. He witnesses a bank robbery and FBI Agent Arlen Hamer (Matt Dillon) dismisses him. He, and his friends Willie Davis (Morgan Freeman) and Albert Garner (Alan Arkin) lose their pension after a merger that moves the plant overseas. Willie needs a kidney and Albert has a fling with Annie Santori (Ann-Margret). As difficulties mount, the guys decide to rob a bank.This should be better than this. The grocery store robbery is silly. I'd rather they go buy guns and do a straight up robbery movie. They could skip a lot of this. Ann-Margret adds little more than senior babe quotient. The robbery and what happens after lacks reality. Not that reality should be holding this back. I do like some moments like the fake tattoo and finding the bank has taken their pension fund. This needs more. It needs to be funnier and/or more thrilling. The caper needs to be sharper. Zach Braff does a competent job and the movie is generally competent but not more than that.