
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
2017

Representation Score
Good
2020
RDirector
Miranda July
Runtime
105 minutes
Average Rating
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Miranda July’s work succeeds by breaking down the pillars of Western society. Rather than following conventional plot mechanics, the film celebrates the outsider and the nomadic lifestyle. It replaces traditional stability with a shared, fluid ability to act among its characters. The film's strength lies in its refusal to validate the nuclear family or capitalist consumerism. By portraying state institutions as obstacles to human connection, it creates a unique, anti-establishment perspective. While it lacks specific focus on disability or explicit LGBTQ+ identities, its subversion of social norms provides a rich, nuanced experience for viewers interested in non-traditional narratives.
Category Breakdown
The film avoids showing explicit same-sex intimacy or focusing on LGBTQ+ identities. Instead, it challenges the idea that everyone is straight or cisgender by presenting a domestic unit that operates outside typical biological and social norms.
The narrative avoids traditional gender hierarchies through an egalitarian, nomadic partnership where both protagonists play key roles in driving the story. They avoid the clichés of stable husbands or submissive wives, instead showcasing fluid leadership.
Casting Emayat Rey Mazzco adds complexity to the multi-ethnic family unit. The film avoids the default of a homogeneous white family, centering instead on socioeconomic and racial fluidity.
The film sharply criticizes Western institutions and capitalist cycles. It portrays state bureaucracy as intrusive and the characters' scams as unconventional methods of maintaining autonomy.
There are no prominent depictions of visible or invisible disabilities that drive the narrative or serve as central character arcs.
Present on Screen
Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

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