ROOFMAN

Director: Derek Cianfrance
Starring: Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, Peter Dinklage, Ben Mendelsohn, Uzo Aduba

Channing Tatum gives one of the best performances of his career in Roofman. It’s inspired by a true story and will have you thinking differently about its subject by the end. Tatum stars as Jeffrey Manchester, a military vet who left the service and realized he left his identity behind after serving. He had young daughters and didn’t know how to live life or hold down a job. He started making some bad decisions in a desperate attempt to provide for his family. He figured out the money needed to live comfortably, and the only way he could do that was to rob 45 McDonald’s locations and other fast-food joints. He was gentle in his approach, sneaking in through the roof, and telling the employees to grab their coats and get in the freezer. He was caught, sentenced to prison but managed to escape. He knows he needs to bide time until the media frenzy of his escape winds down, and thus, breaks into a Toys “R” Us and lives inside there for six months. He’s a good guy who takes pity on Leigh (Dunst). She’s one of the employees, a single mom to two girls, and volunteers at the local church. Jeffrey shows up her at church and forges a new friendship. All the while, she never suspects he’s a man on the run, hiding out at the place she works. The film also stars Peter Dinklage as the Toys “R” Us manager.

Here’s my review