Saw Malcolm, a film which I believe to be a family-friendly heist film. The titular character, Malcolm is an autistic (or otherwise obsessive) man who is fascinated with electronics, motors, and small, toy-like devices. His house is full of model trains, fetching mail, going down the street (remote controlled) to pick up some milk. Alas, the film opens with him being fired and he has to get boarders. He takes in a man who is obviously a career criminal and the heist follows.
Being a family-friendly film, the criminal guy is fundamentally a sweet man. He flies into rages every so often and swears a bit but is gentle and kind to Malcolm, never using him for cruel entertainment, always giving him autonomy. This is a sweet film and climactic heist is pretty fun. It's got this ramshackle quality that is meant to add to he anarchic fun but which unfortunately extends to the film quality itself. Plot threads go nowhere, long stretches of time are spent on trivialities. Like its protagonist, it's a bit clumsy but also like its protagonist it is harmless and kind of sweet.
This is a cute little video. I wasn't particularly struck by it, but it's winning in an amateurish way. A nice little film.
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