Ben O' Shea-Roofman: Holy Cow, This Whole Thing Is Basically How It Appears In The Movie!

Ben reviewed the latest film starring Channing Tatum & Kirstin Dunst. Based on the true story of Jeffrey Manchester who was responsible for a spree of unique break-ins in the USA.

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This next movie that ben O'Shea is about to tell
us about going to be a big movie.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
It's called ruth Man. Is it about a superhero? I
don't know. We'll find out.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Great the flick with Benoshay, Good morning Ben. I know
it's not about a superhero because I remember this case.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Oh it's an incredible case, incredible true story that this
movie is based on. But first I need to take
the temperature of the room. How do we feel about
Channing Tatum?

Speaker 1 (00:25):
I like him.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
We like him, yes, probably in the same way that
Lisa does. No, well, no, I mean I just I.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
Just like him. You know, he's hasn't done anything to
offend me, isn't no Daniel d Lewis, But he's you know,
he's as.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Yeah, like I think that's pretty much a fair assessment.
Like I don't think anyone is going to mistake him
for a serious thespian anytime soon. And in roles where
he's had to be a bit more sort of sincere,
I don't think they have been his best when he
gets to play a lovable dummy that is right in
his wheelhouse, and Rufman plays to his strengths. So it's
based on the true story of Jeffrey Manchester, a small

(01:04):
time crook who many Australians might not remember, but was
responsible for a spree of break ins of McDonald's restaurants
in the early naughties, and his modus operandi was he
would sneak in through the roof hence ruth Man and
wait until the morning shift staff come in, locked them
in the cool room while he robbed the restaurant. Then
he would go out call nine on one, say hey,

(01:26):
there's the macas workers stuck in a fridge. Go and
let him out. And he was very careful not to
let anyone get hurt, even though he technically did these
robberies at gunpoint. He was super polite, made sure the
staff were wearing warm clothes before he locked them in
the fridge. And all of his victims said he was
actually really lovely, but when he got exactly cook with

(01:47):
the heart of gold. But when he got busted, the
police were actually pretty annoyed that they couldn't pin this,
you know, sort of forty odd robberies on him, and
they could only get him for one of the robberies,
so they also check arged him with kidnapping for the
locking the staff in the freezer. He ends up getting
forty five years in pression. And so this movie is

(02:08):
about Jeffrey. Channing Tatum plays Jeffrey, who's a US Army
vet and once he goes to prison, he escapes and
then amazingly, instead of you know, running away to another
country or something like that, he decides to stay local
and live in a Toys r US store for about
six months, which is absolutely incredible. It's the sort of

(02:31):
movie that you watch and you go, oh, come on,
surely this can't be true. Surely this bit can't be true.
And then it gets to the end and you see
the photos and videos of the real life people involved,
and you get the little text on the screen that says, well, actually,
this is what actually happened, and you go, holy cow,
this whole thing is basically exactly as it appears in
the movie. And then everybody goes and googles, the googles

(02:53):
the story. Oh the Google. You've got to fire up
the Google afterwards, And while they and the toys are us.
While he was living in the toys he goes out
during the day, becomes a part of the community. He
starts a relationship with a local woman played by Kirsten
Dunst in this movie, who is fantastic joined the local church.
The local church congregation in the movie has Ben Mendelssohn

(03:14):
as the pasta, which is pretty amazing, and the manager
of the toys that rustall deserves a shout out played
by Game of Throne star Peter Dinklige, who's also fantastic and.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
Steal it from what I saw in the.

Speaker 2 (03:29):
As per usual. As per usual, Peter Dinklige steals every
scene he's in. Look, I think you know as this
lovable dummy character. Tanning Tatum is perfect. He's a guy
who can't get out of his own way, has a
chance to make better decisions, but always kind of defaults
to you know, something that you go, oh mate, why
are you doing this? And so it's one of those

(03:50):
films that you just kind of you get so frustrated
with some of his choices, but that's what happened in
real life. It's one of those films that is really enjoyable,
feel good, but ultimately I'm gonna wind up but not great.
How many happy meals out.

Speaker 1 (04:07):
Of how many would you like frides with that felony?

Speaker 2 (04:11):
Are you giving it three? I'm gonna give it. That's
that's that's good.

Speaker 1 (04:16):
It's like a it's like a it's like a happy meal. Yeah,
all right, now we're getting played off. We must not
let you go without quickly touching on Telethon. It's on
this weekend and you're the overnight mister Telethon.

Speaker 2 (04:28):
Yeah, that's it. Yes, I'm the I'm the mister Telethon
after Dark ye two am till seven hit two till
seven am. It's the slumber Party me Famous Sharon, Matt Tinney,
cast of hundreds. It'll be all singing, all dancing, a
variety show like you don't get on TV. Hand and
worth staying up for.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
It always has been the best, the best bits

Speaker 2 (04:51):
Yep, that's it