THE OLD MAN & THE GUN(15)
D: David Lowery
Fox Searchlight/Endgame/Condé Nast/Sailor Baby/Identity/Tango/Wildwood (James D. Stern, Dawn Ostroff, Jeremy Steckler, Anthony Mastromauro, Bill Holderman, Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston & Robert Redford)
US 2018
93 mins
Crime/Biopic
W: David Lowery [based on the story by David Grann]
DP: Joe Anderson
Ed: Lisa Zeno Churgin
Mus: Daniel Hart
Robert Redford (Forrest Tucker), Sissy Spacek (Jewel), Casey Affleck (John Hunt), Danny Glover (Teddy Green), Tom Waits (Waller), Elizabeth Moss (Dorothy)
After a career which spanned six decades, Hollywood veteran Robert Redford announced his retirement and that this low-key crime biopic would be his final movie performance.
Based on a true story, he plays Forrest Tucker, who, in-between prison stints, committed a string of robberies using only his gentlemanly charm.
Casey Affleck also stars as a police detective who makes it his duty to arrest Tucker, and though some of the perpetrated crimes do feature in the film, it focuses more on a tender relationship between the wily old criminal and Jewel, the woman who loves him despite of his chosen lifestyle.
It's a film which is very easy to watch, featuring a great swan song from Redford and doesn't outstay its welcome at a timely 93 minutes.
There isn't too much to it, and perhaps that's one of its greatest beauties.
6/10