Heist (2001)
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 127
Fresh: 83 | Rotten: 44
Heist didn't cover any new ground, but the cast and Mamet's expertise with witty banter make it worthwhile.
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 12
Heist didn't cover any new ground, but the cast and Mamet's expertise with witty banter make it worthwhile.
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Esteemed writer/director David Mamet fashioned this homage to the elegant, character-driven "tough guy" genre pictures of Warner Bros. in the 1930s and '40s, even using vintage scores in the soundtrack. Gene Hackman stars as Joe Moore, an accomplished thief whose career is jeopardized after he's caught on security cameras during a job. Broke, Joe and his associates Bobby (Delroy Lindo) and Pinky (Ricky Jay) are blackmailed by their longtime fence Bergman (Danny DeVito) into jacking Swiss gold
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Gene Hackman
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Danny DeVito
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Delroy Lindo
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Sam Rockwell
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Rebecca Pidgeon
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Ricky Jay
Don "Pinky" Pincus -
Patti LuPone
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Jim Frangione
D. A. Freccia -
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All Critics (141) | Top Critics (34) | Fresh (84) | Rotten (46) | DVD (22)
I couldn't believe any of it on any level, though it could be described as 'fun.'
Top CriticThis cast is excellent. Heist, though, proves that enormously talented people can make a pretty lousy movie.
The movie is super fun, even if some of its tricks seem to strain credulity.
There's something offensive about how Mamet continues to win praise as a serious filmmaker with such a joyless picture, a picture that -- intentionally -- gives the audience so little.
A perfectly pleasurable ride.
A minor work by a major guy.
Captivating David Mamet movie for grownups.
[Mamet] is a giant in several areas, but I'm not sure moviemaking is one of them.
Structured as a trick within a trick within a trick, Mamet's latest contribution to film noir is a mildly entertaining crimer that nonetheless exposes his strenuous efforts to outsmart the audience.
This is a world not unlike superhero comics, only in this world the heroes have the superhuman ability to knock down buildings with a split-second comeback line.
Como em todo roteiro escrito por Mamet, os diálogos são excelentes e a trama é engenhosa - mas desta vez o excesso de reviravoltas acaba comprometendo o resultado final.
The methodical planning of the caper is completely mesmerizing.
Your typical heist film with a few improvements.
Heist is better than The Score, not because it is more surprising or the actorly turns by the principals better realized, but simply because it is better written and the direction is more fluid.
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