Review of Robot & Frank (2012) by Barbaramsw — 02 Sep 2012

Enjoyable from beginning to end. Great performance from Frank Langella. Finally a good movie without blood, explosions, dead people! If only there were more . . .

This review of Robot & Frank (2012) was written by Barbaramsw on 02 Sep 2012.

Robot & Frank has generally received positive reviews.

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