The Cobbler (2014 film)

The Cobbler is a 2014 American magic realism comedydrama film directed by Thomas McCarthy and cowritten with Paul Sado. The film stars Adam Sandler, Dan Stevens, Dustin Hoffman and Steve Buscemi. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released on March 13, 2015, by Image Entertainment.

In the present day, Max Simkin works as the cobbler in the shop. His work neighbor is Jimmy, who operates the barber shop next door. A young woman named Carmen Herrera comes in to tell Max that she is working with the community of the Lower East Side to prevent big time developers from tearing down parts of the neighborhood to build huge complex buildings. Max doesnt seem to care at all what happens to the shop. Max lives at home with his ailing mother Sarah. The two of them wish they could see Maxs father one more time.A local thug named Leon Ludlow goes into the shop for Max to replace the soles in his shoes. Maxs current stitching machine fails, so he uses the one that his ancestors used. Out of curiosity, he checks Ludlows shoe size to see that he wears a size12 like Max. Max tries the shoes on, and to his surprise, he literally becomes Ludlow. He grabs other shoes and uses the machine on it, realizing what he can do with this. ........

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