My kind of movie: Robot and Frank

by Frank Tobe

18 January 2012

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… Shown at Sundance and starring Frank Langella, Susan Saradon, James Marsden and Liv Tyler.
… Offbeat buddy movie about an ex-jewel thief whose grown kids install a robot as his caretaker.

Frank Tobe is the owner and publisher of The Robot Report, and is also a panel member for Robohub's Robotics by Invitation series.

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