Two of the 50th Toronto International Film Festival’s highest-profile world premieres, Roofman and Rental Family , were held in back-to-back timeslots on Saturday evening. They’re very different films, but both happen to center on well-meaning professional liars played by actors with high Q scores, and are crowd pleasers to the extent that they will be strong candidates for the fest’s coveted audience award, which often presages Oscar success.

Roofman , which premiered at Roy Thomson Hall, was directed by Derek Cianfrance from a script that he wrote with Kirt Gunn , and is based on a true story. It stars Channing Tatum as Jeffrey Manchester , a divorced father who turns to crime to try to better provide for his ex-wife and three young kids — namely, he robs dozens of Mc

See Full Page