Jordan returns to the demimonde -- and the more personal style of filmmaking -- of his earlier triumphs, such as Mona Lisa and The Crying Game.
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04/10/03
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The Good Thief (2003)
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Reviews Counted:137
Fresh:106
Rotten:31
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Bolstered by Nolte's strong performance, The Good Thief brims with seductive style.
Theatrical Release:Apr 2, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $3,416,785
Synopsis: Set against the glitzy backdrop of the French Riviera and its seedy underworld is Academy Award-winner Neil Jordan’s clever, sexy caper, THE GOOD THIEF. Bob Montagnet (Nick Nolte) is about to... [More]
Starring: Nick Nolte, Tcheky Karyo, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Emir Kusturica
Director: Neil Jordan
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Reviews for The Good Thief
Top CriticLooks and feels like a Tom Waits song sounds.
04/10/03
Won’t be remembered as a classic, but it’s a fine imitation.
04/10/03
It's vibrant, tremendously exciting, and done with a wit, feeling and panache that keep your mind and senses in constant overdrive.
04/10/03
Top CriticTerrific performance by Nolte but poorly executed heist.
04/09/03
Few actors will command my butt into a theater seat like Nolte does, and his latest should prove a huge treat to those who feel the same.
04/08/03
Playing a down and out American expatriate gambler, strung out on heroin in the early going and planning his Last Great Heist by the film’s midpoint, Nolte gives another effortlessly honest performance.
04/08/03
[Jordan] paces things at a leisurely lope, the better to soak in the atmosphere and enjoy the witty repartee that fills the script.
04/05/03
Irresistibly seductive.
04/04/03
Top CriticThis remake of Jean-Pierre Melville's 1955 Bob le Flambeur tries for a stylish, shambling grace. But like Bob, it can't quite get it up.
04/04/03
Top CriticIf Academy Awards voters are still in a forgiving mood next year, Nolte deserves a best actor nomination.
04/04/03
Heist movies can be a gamble. If you're lucky, you hit the jackpot with a stylish, well-plotted winner like Ocean's Eleven. Other times, you roll snake eyes with convoluted capers like The Good Thief.
04/04/03
The Good Thief plays to Nolte's strengths just as much as The Quiet American showcased Michael Caine's formidable talents.
04/04/03
A solid work of craft that doubles as a little meditation on art.
04/04/03
The Good Thief is a stylized heist film with an accomplished performance by Nick Nolte that celebrates the whimsical moves of Lady Luck in the lives of those who have nothing to lose.
04/03/03
In terms of its myriad screen predecessors, it's still on the high side of 'heist.'
04/03/03
Top CriticLike the good thief himself, Jordan turns out to be too clever by half, organizing a caper that's noisy and flashy where subtlety and moodiness would be far more effective.
04/03/03
It's thin movie tinsel that, while lovingly polished, never becomes more than tinsel.
04/03/03
Top CriticThe Good Thief has the restless motion one associates with cinematographer Chris Menges ... and the casual joyousness of a work made out of sheer movie love.
04/03/03
Reworking the 1955 French film Bob le Flambeur, director Neil Jordan has crafted a classic of his own.
04/03/03
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