This trailer, which you can watch in high definition at Yahoo! Movies, is low-key and observational, selling the movie on its characters and its sincere tone. It doesn't hurt that the movie also boasts a supporting cast of ringers who can each carry their own films ably. This looks very much to be Langella's show, however.
That supporting cast includes Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Jeremy Sisto, and Jeremy Strong. Coincidentally, Marsden and Langella previously played father and son in Bryan Singer's Superman Returns, but that's neither here nor there, I suppose.
Frank & Robot played at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and was very positively received. The movie marks the feature directorial debut of Jake Schreier, who is working from a screenplay by Christopher D. Ford.
The film hits theaters on August 24th.
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