You are about to experience the bizarre, the thrill, and the emotive. The Roofman’s last trailer has just been released, and there is much to unpack. Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst are the stars of the film, and it is a strange yet true story. In this posting, we are going to deconstruct the trailer, discuss the story, cast, and reasons why this film is worth watching.
Roofman is a 2025 crime-comedy drama film which is directed by Derek Cianfrance. It is a story of a former Army Ranger and struggling father, Jeffrey Manchester, who has made his name notorious by robbing McDonald’s restaurants by drilling holes into their rooftops, hence the label Roofman.
He runs away from prison and spends months as an outlaw in a Toys “R” Us store, living in the shadows as he attempts to keep his two lives apart. On his way, he encounters Leigh (Kirsten Dunst), a divorced mother who is attracted to his looks. His relationship with them is like a turning point in his unstable life.
The movie was given an official debut at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2025, and is scheduled to have a wide release in U.S. cinemas on October 10, 2025.
The last trailer provides us with several important hints at tone, character conflict, and stakes. Here are the highlights:
Opening lines & voiceover
Manchester speaks to us in his inner voice. He professes that he was never very good at life. This puts his crime within the context of not sheer greed, but desperation.
Robberies via rooftops
In the trailer, he is shown silently cutting holes in roofs to steal into the McDonald’s stores almost silently, which is more like a heist, but a stealth mission kind of scene.
Escaping prison & hiding
Following his escape, we are offered the interior of a Toys “R” Us at night. He is sleeping in the back rooms, going round the aisles, and avoiding the surveillance of the staff.
Romantic tension
The affair he has with Leigh is not a love affair; it is dangerous. His secrets begin to destroy him as he falls in love with her.
Cat and mouse and law enforcement.
Tension is growing: police think Roofman escaped. The search, potential conflict, and the burden of his secret life catch up are depicted.
Channing Tatum takes up the role of Jeffrey Manchester and is also an executive producer.
The length of the film is approximately 126 minutes.
The combination of real crime and weird decisions is what is fascinating about Roofman. This is why the trailer would indicate that it might be more than a typical heist film:
True to life: The story is based on a real-life experience of Jeffrey Manchester, who actually robbed McDonald’s and hid out in a toy shop.
Emotional motivation: The trailer gives a clue to the motives of Manchester, a desperate father who is a prisoner of his own decisions. We are not only looking at a criminal, we are looking at a broken man.
Odd location: It is almost unrealistic to live within a Toys R Us. The thought of escaping the shelves of toys like a runaway slave is movie gold.
Tone shift: It appears to be balanced in humor, pathos, and suspense. It isn’t purely dark. There is allowance of sympathy, remorse, and bizarre humour.
Conflict between characters: It is not the side plot of his relationships with Leigh, but it turns out to be central and dangerous.
Visual contrast: The sterile fast food chains and colorful toy shelves, and dark corridors do not fit in the visual difference, which contributes to tension.
The Roofman’s final trailer manages to get us wondering. It taunts a quaint, heartfelt, visual throbber. The bizarre plot – having a robber on the rooftop hiding in a toy store – is too much to ponder over. Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst play good roles in a film that requires a fine line of ability to balance charisma and seriousness.
