Going in Style

Dir: Martin Brest, 1979 (8.6*)
Touching and unique comedy of three elderly gents, Art Carney, Lee Strasbourg, and George Burns, who decide they're so old, their best days in the past, so they have nothing to lose and decide to rob a bank together; at least they may leave their kids some untaxable cash. Wearing Groucho masks, they unexpectedly succeed, and the story and their problems begin. Brest has pulled off a touching statement on aging (Burns is especially affecting in his role) within a funny heist caper; a rare unknown gem.