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As a fan of Channing Tatum in Steven Soderbergh\u2019s delightfully funny heist flick Logan Lucky, and director Derek Cianfrance\u2019s multi-generational crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines, I was more than ready for a light-hearted crime romp from the pair about a fugitive hiding out in a Toys “R” Us.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that enthusiasm seems to have been misplaced. Let me say this right now: Roofman<\/a> isn\u2019t a bad movie. If you\u2019re reading this because you like Channing Tatum\u2014either as Gambit or Magic Mike\u2014Roofman won\u2019t have you gushing to your friends, but it\u2019s more than adequate for an impulsive, lazy Saturday watch because it\u2019s trending on some streaming service.<\/p>\n

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Channing Tatum\u2019s Jeffrey Manchester winds up escaping from prison and evades capture by hiding out in a Toys “R” Us.<\/p>\n

Based on a true story, the film follows Tatum\u2019s Jeffrey Manchester, a down-on-his-luck veteran who can\u2019t quite figure out how to earn enough money to provide for his family. After politely robbing 42 McDonald’s (and to think, not one Hamburglar joke!), Jeffrey is ultimately arrested and jailed. He subsequently escapes from prison and evades capture by hiding out in a Toys “R” Us, all the while falling in love with a recently divorced employee of the store who\u2019s also a mother of two.<\/p>\n

The best part about this movie is the cast. Tatum\u2019s Jeffrey (who goes by his fugitive alias Jack for most of the movie) is effortlessly charming. Whether he\u2019s politely forcing some McDonald\u2019s employees into a freezer or making all the women crush on him at a church\u2019s singles brunch, he comes off as the most wholesome and lovable \u201cviolent criminal\u201d (maybe) ever. He\u2019s so soft, Lisa Simpson could find him sharing a cover with Corey on the latest issue of Non-Threatening Boys Magazine.<\/p>\n

Tatum does a great job of really making you feel for him when he\u2019s cut off from his daughter while in prison, and you really root for him as he tries to build a new life with Leigh (Kirsten Dunst) and her daughters, while also evading the cops.<\/p>\n

If I wanted to be kind, I’d say this is an elevated Hallmark movie.<\/h5>\n

Dunst also delights as the other half of this romance. The actress knows how to play a relatable struggling mom, and the ex-Mary Jane is no stranger to being the love interest. But it\u2019s her charisma that really carries her performance, because the script doesn\u2019t leave her character much room to do anything surprising. Dunst convincingly plays the unimpeachable moral compass; she goes to church, runs the church\u2019s toy drive, tries to raise her daughters without a partner. She\u2019s an easy character to empathize with. You want her to find happiness, and watching her slowly fall in love with Tatum\u2019s Jack is easy to watch.<\/p>\n

This film is also buoyed by a ton of great supporting performances. Peter Dinklage plays the manager of the Toys “R” Us and is also the film\u2019s heel. He\u2019s indifferent to his employees’ personal needs and doesn\u2019t hesitate to fat-shame an employee if he thinks they\u2019re the reason so many M&M\u2019s are missing. But Dinklage isn\u2019t the only actor delivering a better performance than this film would merit. Ben Mendelsohn, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple, and Tony Revolori all leave way more of an impact than their limited screen time would suggest.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a credit to Cianfrance that he got excellent performances from everyone in front of the camera. It\u2019s also fortunate, because they do an admirable job making up for all the film\u2019s shortcomings behind the camera.<\/p>\n

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Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst in Roofman.<\/p>\n

If I wanted to be kind, I\u2019d say this is an elevated Hallmark movie. If I wanted to be curt, I\u2019d call Cianfrance\u2019s screenplay and camera work rote. Roofman\u2019s middling screenplay is one of the big reasons this movie falls short. It\u2019s kind of like the McDonald\u2019s Quarter Pounder of burgers\u2014all the ingredients are there, bun, meat, cheese\u2014but none of the flair of the Big Mac. It does nothing special and there are no curve balls. If you\u2019ve seen more than five light-hearted crime movies in your life, you know where this story is going.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s worse is that the cinematography and editing is so by-the-book that it feels invisible \u2013 in a bad way. Sure, there are some fun montages of Jack playing around in the toy store, killing time, but this is a crime film featuring robberies and a prison escape. Those scenes should be thrilling, but if they were, my pulse wasn\u2019t aware. That\u2019s unfortunate; I know that Cianfrance is capable of delivering tense action scenes. The bank robbery scenes in The Place Beyond the Pines are kinetic and exhilarating, especially when things go wrong. In Roofman, they\u2019re just a procedure that needs to happen quickly so we can get back to a charming two-shot of Tatum and Dunst. I understand Roofman isn\u2019t trying to be a crime movie like The Place Beyond the Pines, but its \u201caction\u201d scenes would have benefited heavily from a bit of surprise and some subversion of the outcomes it clearly telegraphs. I was never fully bored during this movie, but I wish it provided me with a bit more of the thrill that usually comes from vicariously watching someone living on the other side of the law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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