This strange little film, the directing debut of Jake Schreier, has Frank Langella as a veteran cat burglar on the edge of dementia. It is set in the not-so-distant future when the local library, run by Susan Sarandon, is going digital with the help of a robot.
Langella is furious when his son (James Marsden) gives him a robot to clean and cook for him.
But gradually, the old boy decides to let his robot become his friend. He finds it especially valuable when it opens the safe of a rich local yuppie and keeps mum when the police call.
The film tries to say something coherent about important issues such as the descending darkness of old age but misses the mark with most of them. However, the charismatic Langella saves it time and again just by being on screen. He’s an actor you can’t stop looking at.
