Our Review
- Channing Tatum, Peter Dinklage, Juno Temple, Kirsten Dunst
- October 17th 2025
- 126
- Derek Cianfrance
Channing Tatum plays a real-life escaped convict who hides out in a Toys “R” Us shop for several months.
Some real-life crime stories are so ridiculous that you think they couldn’t possibly be true. Roofman, about the criminal Jeffrey Manchester, is a prime example of one of those unbelievable true stories.
Directed by Derek Cianfrance, this comedy-drama stars Channing Tatum as Manchester, who was sent to prison for robbing a series of McDonald’s restaurants via the roof, hence his nickname.
After four years behind bars, Manchester escapes from prison and goes on the run. With the police on his tail, Manchester hides inside a Toys “R” Us in Charlotte, North Carolina, while he waits for his friend, Steve (LaKeith Stanfield), to make him a fake passport.
However, the wait is longer than he expects, and he ends up living in the toy shop for several months, finding a secret spot to use as his bedroom.
Manchester eventually gets restless and starts to venture outside instead of being sensible and lying low, and tries to make a new...