Review of Malcolm

Malcolm (1986)
10/10
A very funny quirky movie - it makes life better to see it!
18 August 2002
Malcolm is a technical/mechanical version of Rainman - instead of numbers, it is about all things mechanical/electronic. Colin Friels plays him with the same attention to detail as Dustin Hoffman did in Rainman, but this is a much funnier, uplifting (if you can say that about a bank robbery film!) film that will leave you glad you watched. When Malcom's mother dies, he needs help with the house payments so he takes in a couple as boarders. When he finds out they are bank robbers - and not very adept ones at that - he devises ways to pull off a robbery successfully. How he does it is part of the fun of the film. The writer - David Parker - brings a unique perspective to the use of mechanical/electronic devices that keep the film moving. The robbery is a success and the film ends happily - for the characters and the viewer. I would hope it is made available again.
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