Rating: R | Runtime: 126 minutes
Release Date: October 10th, 2025 (USA)
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director(s): Derek Cianfrance
Writer(s): Derek Cianfrance & Kirt Gunn

The answer is forty-five.

If only this film had come out in 2016, maybe the free exposure would have kept Toys “R” Us stores open in the US. I give Derek Cianfrance all the credit in the world for not making one Geoffrey the Giraffe joke despite the lead character and his love interest’s ex both being named Jeff.

It’s an insane story with an objectively fascinating antihero. He really had too big of a heart to be a successful criminal. Couldn’t leave his kids. Couldn’t allow bullies to win. And ultimately let love delude him into believing those he hurt might let him off the hook. It would be an easier sell if he acted out of hubris, but he was just a too-smart-for-his-own-good dude who so desperately wanted to give his family everything that he never realized they only wanted him.

A fun departure for Cianfrance despite still staying true to his emotional drama ethos. I’m a sucker for a director’s former cast members popping up via small roles in their latest films, so seeing Emory Cohen and Ben Mendelsohn brought a smile to my face. And Channing Tatum is very, very good. Always great in comedies, but he really nails the sorrowful pain here too.

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Channing Tatum in ROOFMAN; courtesy of Paramount Pictures.