The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Restroom Robbery
Comedy · 1975
Max and Riton, 2 thieves make plan to steal money in a train station office. They will operate through the wall in the public toilets.
Movie details
The Restroom Robbery
1975 Comedy 1h 33m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
5.7 / 10
592 votes
TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
Max and Riton, 2 thieves make plan to steal money in a train station office. They will operate through the wall in the public toilets.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Restroom Robbery?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Jacques Besnard
Written by
Jean Halain
Michel Serrault
Max
Bernard Blier
Phano
Jean Lefebvre
Riton
Tsilla Chelton
Rose, la « dame pipi »
Marion Game
Lulu, ex-compagne de Max
B
Bob Asklöf
Le nouveau compagnon de Lulu
Maurice Travail
Le passager du train
Court is in session
Put The Restroom Robbery on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.