2007 · action · comedy · crime
How to Rob a Bank
Directed by Andrews Jenkins1h 21m2007
Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
Our read: How to Rob a Bank (2007) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · comedy · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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