Jack & I loved this netflix DVD starring Frank Langella engaging in hijinks in the future with a mechanical home health aide. Sweet, funny, and clever, it caught my notice when screenwriter Christopher D. Ford was nominated for Best First Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards. Director Jake Schreier, who played keyboards with Francis and the Lights, makes his feature debut here. Langella (last blogged in All Good Things) is terrific as the retired burglar, along with Susan Sarandon (most recently in The Company You Keep), Liv Tyler (known to most as Arwen in the Lord of the Rings series, she was outstanding in That Thing You Do! (1996), Stealing Beauty (1996), Inventing the Abbotts (1997), Cookie's Fortune (1999), Dr T and the Women (2000), and The Incredible Hulk (2008)--the one with Ed Norton; she has the distinction of being nominated for both MTV awards for achievement and Razzie Awards for mediocrity for Armageddon (1998)), James Marsden (faves: X-Men (2000), Superman Returns (2006), Hairspray (2007), a series arc as Criss on 30 Rock, and Enchanted, which I published on the very first day of writing this blog, September 3, 2008), and Peter Sarsgaard (covered in An Education) as the voice of the robot, among others.
Schreier's former group provides at least one of the songs (listen here) and is also listed as composer for the project.
We saw it eight weeks ago but I still remember how much we enjoyed it (not in the minority this time--rottentomatoes' critics average 87 and audiences 76). The DVD can be borrowed from netflix.
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