Overview

• The film opens in theaters Friday, with critics calling it an amiable caper with a tender romantic streak.
• Reviewers single out Tatum’s natural, magnetic performance as a resourceful yet self-sabotaging figure based on real-life robber Jeffrey Manchester.
• Coverage highlights a genre blend of comedy, drama and romance framed by a prison escape and a months-long hideout inside a Toys "R" Us.
• Cianfrance directs a supporting cast featuring Kirsten Dunst, Peter Dinklage, LaKeith Stanfield and Ben Mendelsohn.
• Critics note the movie favors character over broader social inquiry, with UPI observing end-credit interviews that suggest participants remember Manchester fondly.