Going In Style (2017)
What do you do when you are old, and medical and other bills are eating your retirement. Rob a bank of course. And in this case it is the bank that stole your retirement. This is a remake of a 1979 movie of the same name. How do three old people rob a bank. They get the idea when one of them is at the bank during a previous hold up. The three old gentleman are played by Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin. There is some funny stuff with old men getting ready to heist a bank. Christopher Lloyd, and almost senile old man at the senior center. They together volunteer for senior Center bazaar as an alibi, and the alibis hold. One uses the restroom—he has a problem and has to go for a long time. He sneaks out the back side. Another is singing with Ann-Margaret and makes it look like he doesn’t leave the party they are catering. The other is helping in a group, of all yellow shirts and is lost in the crowd.
They wear masks of the Rat-Pack. Everything hinges though on a witness at the bank. Morgan Freeman has an anxiety issue, and has difficulty breathing. A little girl helps him, and sees his distinctive watch. However, she doesn’t turn him in. They restore their pension with over $two million from the bank.
If I could condone bank robbing I would give this movie higher marks; but I cannot.
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