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Going in Style

2017 • 1h 36m •
Crime Comedy
MOVIEVIBE Rating
★ 6.7/10
3,106 reviews
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Going in Style

Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.

"You're never too old to get even."

Top Billed Cast

Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Willie Davis
Michael Caine
Michael Caine
Joe Harding
Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin
Albert Garner
Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret
Annie Santori
John Ortiz
John Ortiz
Jesus
Peter Serafinowicz
Peter Serafinowicz
Murphy
Joey King
Joey King
Brooklyn Harding
Kenan Thompson
Kenan Thompson
Manager Keith Schonfeld

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

R Reno Verified TMDB Critic
2017-11-04

**In an alternative way, against all the odds, they fought it!**

This was a remake of the 1979 film of the same name. I haven't seen that, but I enjoyed this version. I did not say I liked, but very entertaining. From 'Grandma Gangster' to 'Stand Up Guys', there you could find a few more that all these films have commonalities. The old fellows try to do something out of their age and strength can cope. So, for fun, this film will do just fine.

The poster says it all, but the film reveals much detail, like with small twist and turns. Three lifelong friends suddenly feeling the heat after ...

R r96sk Verified TMDB Critic
2023-05-17

<em>'Going in Style'</em> is a fun one!

I got more entertainment than I was expecting, given I had anticipated a somewhat half-arsed 90 minute comedy with potentially half-arsed showings from stars of yesteryear. Pleasantly, I was wrong. The more it went on, the move I enjoyed it. The one lame scene comes at the supermarket, but even that saves itself really with the addition of Kenan Thompson.

It made me laugh at a few moments, namely with the <em>'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'</em> 'homage' and when Josh Pais' character does the cat thing the second time (it's barely visible, just about ...

F Filipe Manuel Neto Verified TMDB Critic
2024-01-15

**A good comic film with four great actors.**

We are facing a light comedy that tries to remake a much older film that has a very similar story: three elderly people on the verge of retirement who are going to try to rob a bank. Although the film is a very welcome comedy and is not unpleasant to watch and rewatch, unfortunately, it brings to the fore a very serious problem that the USA, and other countries, insist on not solving: the precariousness in which we live when we are sick or has reached retirement age. It is not uncommon to see people who spend the overwhelming majority of their m...