How to Rob a Bank

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How to Rob a Bank

2024

1h 26m

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Action

Crime

Drama

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It's 1990s Seattle and the world’s best bank robber has it all: looks, charm, a sprawling treehouse hideout, and an uncanny ability to disappear using Hollywood-style makeup. But as law enforcement inches closer, his once-carefree life spirals into a suffocating trap, forcing him and his crew to risk it all in one final heist.

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Craig Mathieson

The Age (Australia)

It moves fast and has a convincing amount of detail in regards to what motivated “Hollywood” and his fascinating path to crime. But it doesn’t try too hard to make sense of the contradictions in his “free spirit” personality.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 20, 2024

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Luke Y. Thompson

AV Club

If he can dazzle the filmmakers who have direct access to the law enforcement agents who were on his tail, he can certainly charm other viewers.

Jun 4, 2024

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

Full of the very thrills one might expect from a summer blockbuster.

Jun 3, 2024

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Chuck Bowen

Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

This film revels in tropes that are so appealing that they become an infecting agent, turning a brilliant guy into a [Robin Hood-like] antihero, someone who is big enough to fill up his cavernous ego.

Jul 10, 2024

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Linda Cook

OurQuadCities / WHBF-TV (Illinois)

It's an action-packed, smartly told documentary.

Rated: 3 1/2 stars

Jun 30, 2024

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

How to Rob a Bank is a straightforward, workmanlike documentary that effectively tells the story of man who lived in a large treehouse, cooked meth in his own lab, then switched careers for bank robbing&#4.

Jun 27, 2024

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Birithivy Y

How To Rob A Bank - 9/10. Finally, a Netflix doc that offers up a great retelling and explanation to the events that are covered in great (and entertaining detail). As a huge Oceans film fan, this was a fun and cool watch. I’m fascinated with the idea of a bank robber. Why do these individuals do the things they do? Why do they want to rob? Is it for ego, or for another purpose? This is a fascinating documentary which chronicles a famous robber and how that robber terrorized the city of Seattle. The interviews are actually interesting, and the retelling and chronicling of this robber leaves you interested and intrigued with how the robber did what they did. The doc also offers up a very interesting portrait about the robber themselves. The robber has such an interesting back story, and you see why and how they ended up being so successful at what they did to get their money. This could’ve easily been a movie, but I liked the way they crafted together this doc! Solid work!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/29/24

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Davey M

Enjoyed! Fascinating with great scene to scene movement. With today’s technology this guy would have been in the news much earlier.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/25/24

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David M

The documentary was of special interest to me because Scott and I both loved the same girl and even had a brief confrontation over her. I've actuallly been in the tree house and it was much larger and more interesting than any documentary could show. You had to climb up a twenty foot rope ladder to get to the first floor! Overall the documentary was well done and worth seeing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/20/24

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Scott G

Not too bad. One of the FBI guys needs to be careful, he is gonna break his arm patting himself on the back.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/16/24

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Douglas P

Just mildly entertaining

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/11/24

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Michael D

Leaves alot unexplored. The cartoon parts are a nice touch but not enough to save this doco from turning into a slog to get through.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/20/24

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Synopsis

It's 1990s Seattle and the world’s best bank robber has it all: looks, charm, a sprawling treehouse hideout, and an uncanny ability to disappear using Hollywood-style makeup. But as law enforcement inches closer, his once-carefree life spirals into a suffocating trap, forcing him and his crew to risk it all in one final heist.

Director: Stephen Robert Morse, Seth Porges
Producer: Stephen Robert Morse, Max Peltz, Seth Porges, Maxim Gertler-Jaffe
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Pinball Party Productions, Lone Wolf Studios, Screen Siren Pictures
Genre: Documentary, Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 5, 2024
Runtime: 1h 26m

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