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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurraySchreier elicits warm performances from Langella and Susan Sarandon, and even from his robot (voiced by Peter Sarsgaard).
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversIt also addresses questions of aging and neglect that Hollywood likes to run from. Langella, who's played everyone from Dracula to Nixon onscreen, is giving a master class in acting. Enroll now.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeRobot & Frank reminds quirk-hardened veterans that an odd premise and big heart don't have to add up to too-precious awards bait.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinRobot & Frank, like its protagonist, is charming enough to get by with the sleight-of-hand. Its irresponsibility redeems it - it's a raspberry blown against the dying of the light.
- 70TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissWhat I'm saying is that I resisted the film but it won me over, a little more than I care to admit.
- 60Boxoffice MagazineRay GreeneBoxoffice MagazineRay GreeneThe film is light-fingered and charming.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearThe pleasure of watching the star sling barbs at Sarsgaard's sandpaper-dry android, shyly court sexy librarian Susan Sarandon and rage against geriatric befuddlement doesn't offset what's essentially a mediocre character study dipped in sci-fi conventions and Social Security–age sentimentality.
- 25Slant MagazineSlant MagazineChristopher D. Ford's film is nothing more than a Lifetime movie dolled up in cheap Philip K. Dick drag.