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After their mother ends up in jail, two sisters turn to train robbery in order to support their family.After their mother ends up in jail, two sisters turn to train robbery in order to support their family.After their mother ends up in jail, two sisters turn to train robbery in order to support their family.
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- TriviaThough this is a film done by Netflix, the film was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and later added to the streaming service lineup.
- GoofsWhen Deidra and Laney rob their first train, they see a police unit stopped at the train crossing as they slowly roll by it. To hide, Laney jumps off the side of the flatcar and Deidra opens the door and gets into the container. The officer sees the light from their flashlight on the side of the container and gets on board the (now stopped) train to investigate. The officer subsequently shines his light on Laney, who is camouflaged among some trackside debris, and then notices the container latch is open, with the security band obviously missing. The officer simply closes and latches the container before getting off of the train. No law enforcement officer who had gotten on board the train to specifically investigate possible criminal activity in this situation would simply just close the latch without opening it to investigate if there were someone inside and stealing from it, which was the reason he got on board in the first place.
- Crazy creditsThere's a mid-credits scene.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Flix Forum: Deidra & Laney Rob a Train (2019)
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"Deidra and Laney Rob a Train" is set in a non-descript town where almost no one goes to college, the local rail yard doesn't pay a sustainable wage, and signs of the town's glory days have littered the town's visual landscape. There's a lot of talk lately about showing more people of minority races on TV but this is a film that shows a landscape of economic depression that doesn't discriminate against people of either color. The two protagonists are bi-racial and neither their African-American mother nor their white father can make enough to provide them a brighter future (though points go to mom for trying quite a bit harder).
When the titular characters' mother gets incarcerated, they decide to rob the insides of slow-moving freight trains to raise money for their bail. The film gets interesting when exploring the dangers and logistics of such an act. Like a lot of the film, the appeal is in exploring a corner of Americana that has been right under your eyes most of your life.
Deidra and Laney are astereotpical with the elder sister being an overachiever in school and Laney being angst-filled and Laney filled with a mixture of angst and a desire to fit in. She's bullied quite a bit and these scenes are perhaps the cruelest in the film to stomach if you haven't seen much of this genre. The film is filled with a few familiar faces (Sasheer Zamata of "Saturday Night Live", Missi Pyle, and Tim Blake Nelson) but mostly thrives on new talent and these actresses have a lot of room to surprise us.
It's a worthwhile watch.
When the titular characters' mother gets incarcerated, they decide to rob the insides of slow-moving freight trains to raise money for their bail. The film gets interesting when exploring the dangers and logistics of such an act. Like a lot of the film, the appeal is in exploring a corner of Americana that has been right under your eyes most of your life.
Deidra and Laney are astereotpical with the elder sister being an overachiever in school and Laney being angst-filled and Laney filled with a mixture of angst and a desire to fit in. She's bullied quite a bit and these scenes are perhaps the cruelest in the film to stomach if you haven't seen much of this genre. The film is filled with a few familiar faces (Sasheer Zamata of "Saturday Night Live", Missi Pyle, and Tim Blake Nelson) but mostly thrives on new talent and these actresses have a lot of room to surprise us.
It's a worthwhile watch.
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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By what name was Deidra & Laney Rob a Train (2017) officially released in Canada in English?
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