Overview

• The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to a thunderous ovation and broadly positive notices, with many calling Tatum’s work his most mature performance.
• Directed by Derek Cianfrance, the true-crime drama-romance stars Tatum as Jeffrey Manchester and Kirsten Dunst as a Toys "R" Us employee central to the story.
• Reviews highlight the movie’s tonal blend of comedy, romance and melancholy, while noting debate over its light treatment of real victims and the social context of Manchester’s crimes.
• The story draws from documented events: dozens of roof-entry fast-food robberies, a 45-year sentence, a 2004 prison escape and roughly six months living hidden in a Charlotte toy store.
• Paramount will release Roofman in U.S. theaters on October 10, with critics also noting authentic touches from prison-phone consultations with the real Manchester and detailed period production design.