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  • 1979
  • PG
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 1979
  • PG
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary Three senior citizens in their 70s who live together are slowly decaying in endless days with nothing to do but feed the birds. One of them comes up with an idea - rob a bank. They certainly could use the money if they get away with it and if they are caught, what could happen to three old men?

Directed By: Martin Brest

Written By: Edward Cannon, Martin Brest

  • 1979
  • PG
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 1979
  • PG
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 37 m

Going in Style

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Three senior citizens in their 70s who live together are slowly decaying in endless days with nothing to do but feed the birds. One of them comes up with an idea - rob a bank. They certainly could use the money if they get away with it and if they are caught, what could happen to three old men?

Directed By: Martin Brest

Written By: Edward Cannon, Martin Brest

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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86% Positive
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14% Mixed
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Director Brest does a great job with a sensitive subject, drawing fine performances from everyone.
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The plot gives Brest a structure on which to build a minor, gentle, subtle miracle; he uses the hackneyed plot as the foundation for a restrained monument to the dreams of the elderly. Going in Style has many of the simple but considerable virtues of Best Boy - the epiphanies may be diminutive, but they linger. [27 Dec 1979]
By Jay Scott FULL REVIEW
75
The integrity of his performance overcomes the formlessness of the narration, turning this loose study into something solid and affecting.
By Dave Kehr FULL REVIEW
70
It doesn't try to knock your socks off. But if quiet integrity and grave charm count for anything, Brest has made an important debut. [14 Jan 1980, p.86]
By David Ansen FULL REVIEW
70
A trio of contrasting personalities, the veterans bring both a mischievous wit and a sense of subdued anger to a familiar comic plotline, and the film achieves a rare balance of laughter and compassion.
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Going in Style is cautiously conceived, but it also projects a sincere human interest and reveals a command of intimate, subtle dramatization that is likely to prove Brest's artistic and commercial fortune sooner or later. [25 Dec 1979, C1]
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Going in Style, a first commercial feature written and directed by Martin Brest, means to be both moving and comic, but though the cast is headed by three fine actors, two of whom, Mr. Burns and Mr. Carney, are also extremely funny men, it never elicits any emotional response more profound than curiosity.
By Vincent Canby FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Warner Bros.
Release Date Dec 25, 1979
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating PG
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Tagline Meet three guys with an outrageous plan to beat the system ...
Website https://www.warnerbros.com/going-style
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Awards

Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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