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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:32
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: Lacks the wit of the original, but it's still a fun ride.
Theatrical Release:May 30, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $105,996,316
Synopsis: The plan was flawless... the job was executed perfectly... the escape was clean. The only threat mastermind thief Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) never saw coming was from a member of his own crew.... [More]
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Mos Def
Director: F. Gary Gray
This one offers some agreeably mindless fun in which the villains (including Norton) are truly villainous, the payback is satisfying in a purely infantile way, and the familiarity of everything is oddly comforting.
Top CriticThis unglamorous approach has the odd effect of making them seem more glamorous -- we’re free to soak up their star quality because there’s no hard sell to fight off.
Top CriticA strangely satisfying though completely preposterous caper movie.
Top CriticA tricked-out remake of a heist flick that was already flat and formulaic in 1969.
Top CriticWide-open absurdity would've helped; instead, there's a clotting of musical interludes and a general air of stoic grit.
Top Critic... a real marvel of filmmaking.
Top CriticTake this Job and floor it.
Top CriticThis is pure entertainment but smart entertainment, plotted and executed with invention and humor and acted by a winning cast radiating good-movie energy.
Top CriticLike the tiny cars it features, it's not particularly extravagant or terribly sophisticated. It is amusingly put together and a fun ride.
Top CriticThis is the zippy remake that Ocean's Eleven wanted to be and wasn't quite.
Top CriticIt may not steal your heart, but you won't feel robbed.
Top CriticThe Italian Job has a decent enough heart, and, thanks to Seth Green and Mos Def, some funny moments. It's just not racing with enough adrenaline.
Top CriticThis is just the movie for two hours of mindless escapism on a relatively skilled professional level.
Top CriticA movie so eagerly and infectiously living for the moment that it barely follows the contours of the 1969 British caper flick that inspired it.
Top CriticDoes exactly what it's supposed to, which is to make the heart beat slightly faster.
Top CriticThe talented cast and competent direction keep you rooting for these good thieves, even when common sense urges you to keep your cool.
Top CriticA slicker, faster-paced, high-tech upgrade that lifts the sprightly spirit and the main action set piece from the original while developing its own twists and a new ending that, though a bit too pat and eager to please, is a vast improvement.
Top CriticThe Italian Job does a decent job of throwing in a little something for everyone while avoiding any truly serious moves.
Top CriticSmall and steady, it wins the race with brains, not brawn.
Top CriticIt cheerfully puts the escape back in escapism.
Top Critic
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