{"id":299208,"date":"2021-07-15T00:42:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T21:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-how-to-deter-a-robber-review-a-stale-home-invasion-comedy\/"},"modified":"2021-07-15T00:42:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T21:42:39","slug":"watch-how-to-deter-a-robber-review-a-stale-home-invasion-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-how-to-deter-a-robber-review-a-stale-home-invasion-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;How to Deter a Robber&#8217; Review: A Stale Home-Invasion Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37a544b0080\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37a544b0080\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-how-to-deter-a-robber-review-a-stale-home-invasion-comedy\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98How_to_Deter_a_Robber_Review_A_Stale_Home-Invasion_Comedy%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;How to Deter a Robber&#8217; Review: A Stale Home-Invasion Comedy&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-how-to-deter-a-robber-review-a-stale-home-invasion-comedy\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98How_to_Deter_a_Robber_Review_A_Stale_Home-Invasion_Comedy%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;How to Deter a Robber&#8217; Review: A Stale Home-Invasion Comedy&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-how-to-deter-a-robber-review-a-stale-home-invasion-comedy\/#optional_screen_reader\" >optional screen reader<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-how-to-deter-a-robber-review-a-stale-home-invasion-comedy\/#Read_More_About\" >Read More About:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98How_to_Deter_a_Robber_Review_A_Stale_Home-Invasion_Comedy%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;How to Deter a Robber&#8217; Review: A Stale Home-Invasion Comedy&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98How_to_Deter_a_Robber_Review_A_Stale_Home-Invasion_Comedy%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;How to Deter a Robber&#8217; Review: A Stale Home-Invasion Comedy&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n                        The story of a high school girl who\u2019s forced \u2014 alongside her dimwitted boyfriend and kind uncle \u2014 to fend off a pair of armed thieves, \u201cHow to Deter a Robber\u201d delivers the blandest take possible on its home-invasion scenario. With low stakes and even lower energy, writer-director Maria Bissell\u2019s feature debut isn\u2019t sure if it\u2019s a thriller with amusing elements or a comedy of criminal absurdity. What it winds up being, therefore, is neither, stuck in a dull middle ground that will please no one when it premieres in limited theaters and on VOD on July 16.<\/p>\n<p>During a Christmas getaway at a lakeside cabin, Madison (Vanessa Marano) spars incessantly with her mother, Charlotte (Gabrielle Carteris), while failing to come up with a college <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lication essay that impresses any of her relatives. Bored and annoyed, she and her immature beau, Jimmy (Benjamin Papac), spy a light on in the neighbor\u2019s house and \u2014 in a decision that seems unbelievable from the get-go \u2014 decide to break in, play with the absent owners\u2019 Ouija board and then fall asleep in a drunken and stoned stupor in the master bedroom. The following morning, they awaken to find the place ransacked, and when the cops arrive, they don\u2019t buy the narrative the kids are selling, even though it\u2019s quite obvious that Madison and Jimmy wouldn\u2019t have called 911 in the first place if they were the guilty parties.<\/p>\n<p>Thus Madison and Jimmy wind up in hot water, compelled by law enforcement to stay in the area pending the conclusion of the investigation, which requires that they be left by their parents in the care of uncle Andy (Chris Mulkey). As far as contrived setups go, this is pretty weak stuff, although Bissell and cinematographer Stephen Tringali\u2019s assured visual eye and Patrick Lawrence\u2019s sharp editing at least cast the proceedings in a professional aesthetic light. When Andy\u2019s house is also burglarized, the trio retreat to the family\u2019s primary enclave, and fearful of the robbers on the loose, Madison and Jimmy booby-trap the joint, \u201cHome Alone\u201d style \u2014 only to then have those ruses not factor into the ensuing action.<\/p>\n<p>As one might expect, the robbers \u2014 in the form of demanding Patrick (Sonny Valicenti) and friendly Christine (Abbie Cobb) \u2014 eventually show up, this after \u201cHow to Deter a Robber\u201d has repeatedly teased their arrival via brief, silent snapshots of the duo going about their business, often wearing masks that make them look like hodags (i.e., spiked folktale beasts). A hostage situation materializes, as do potentially deadly bouts of violence, leaving Madison to fight for her life in partnership with a grating boyfriend whose every semi-drunken move is the incorrect one.<\/p>\n<p>Depressingly, having worked to get her pieces into battle position, Bissell does almost nothing with her familiar scenario; the first half is a mirth-free slog through two-dimensional conflicts and dilemmas, and the back half is a compendium of pedestrian genre maneuvers. At every turn, \u201cHow to Deter a Robber\u201d makes the most conventional move possible. While Papac flounders with one lousy wannabe-funny line after another, the charming Marano and Mulkey invest as much energy and heart into their characters as the script will allow. 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