Nwabudike_J_Morgan #TheaterKid - #32: The Old Man and the Gun (2018)

The Old Man and the Gun (2018)

Language: English

Country: USA

Challenge started: October 21, 2025

Date watched: March 5, 2026

Written and directed by: David Lowery

Based on a news article by: David Grann

Cinematography: Joe Anderson

TSPDT Rank: unranked

The true story of Forrest Tucker, bank robber and deadbeat dad, played by Robert Redford. Supporting cast includes Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek, Danny Glover, Tom Waits.

Pardon my French, but the guy was an asshole. I would gladly pay $20 to be first in line to kick him in the nuts.

This was the longest 93 minutes of my life. It was like watching three incredibly uninteresting movies at the same time, as we cut from Tucker's "totally wacky" bank heists, to a police procedural featuring old "Mumbles" Affleck, and then a third story with Tucker and Jewel the Horse Lady. This is a movie of deleted scenes from another movie with a completely different cast.

Pointless car chases with zero stakes. Endless diner scenes. Contrived encounters to get the characters together onscreen, and then framing them in the most awkward possible way. Somehow they found a bathroom featuring the world's longest hallway entrance.

I amused myself by pondering which possible Spacek Cinematic Universe this might be part of, is this Holly from Badlands, or is this Polly from Prime Cut? Good arguments could be made on both sides.

Rating: 2 / 10

The Old Man and the Gun (2018)