Heist

  • 2001


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$ 28 Million
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Positive Reviews 35
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Average Rating 3.7/5
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3.5
It was a genuine surprise to arrive at the free, public screening of Heist and find a huge line already queued and waiting impatiently outside.It was .. Austin Chronicle
4.4
Heist is the kind of caper movie that was made before special effects replaced wit, construction and intelligence. Rogerebert
4.0
See it if you enjoy thrillers with double crosses galore, a respectable cast with great performances, especially Hackman and Delroy playing a great on .. JoBlo
2.5
It all adds up to escapist hokum, a film that is brain dead, vacuous, and tired looking.The only question that remains is not if the master thief Joe .. Sover
3.0
But for most of its running time, this 70s style caper picture (think grit, not gloss) is solidly entertaining and surprisingly free of the Mamet isms .. Tv Guide
4.4
Heist is a solidly entertaining caper flick with great performances, intelligent and fun dialogue, and expertly crafted plotting. Mark Reviews Movies
3.8
It is almost too cute for its own good.This film is not all fun and games, however. Lariat
3.2
Mamet seems to take great delight in folding the movie on top of itself again and again: Someone gets double crossed and then double crosses someone e .. Eric Ds Nider
3.0
The story is like a bad mountain road: full of twists, turns and huge potholes, with Mamet driving through it about 10 miles an hour, his direction to .. News Review
2.5
Although the ending is a disappointment and the film doesnt forge any new paths through the well traveled crime genre, Mamets terrific dialogue, some .. Screen It
3.0
However, after a certain point in the film, you begin to realise that the double crosses are coming thick and fast and that this is, in fact, the poin .. View London
3.5
The heist film is so ingrained in the moviegoing lexicon that it has forged its own identity, language and rules of the game, while other genres are s .. Film Journal
2.5
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3.8
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the .. Q Network
3.5
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3.5
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4.0
This would be too clever for its own good if it werent so gracefully executed. Empire
4.0
And it is a pleasure to be captivated by Mamet, the master of tired, tough, talk. Common Sense Media
5.0
Mamets cerebral thriller is a joy to watch this is easily the directors toughest, grittiest drama to date, with a noir edge thats far sharper than the .. Bbc
2.5
Heist wisely does away with moral litmus testsas far as the audience is concerned, Joe works hard for the Swiss gold. Slant Magazine
3.8
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2.5
Mamets talent for memorably brilliant dialogue is too good to have it wasted in a film so lacking in ambition. The Movie Boy
2.5
The straightforward crime sequences are convoluted with the intrigues of Mamets tale, though. Reeling Reviews
4.4
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture. ReelViews
4.5
Movies offer us wildly divergent stories with vivid, close up emotions, and so did the six fimmakers we invited to take part in the Envelope Directors .. Calendar Live
2.8
Not nearly as clever or engrossing as the best of Mamets numerous neo film noir scripts. Seattle Pi
1.5
But theres little the Oscar winner does to make you care about his character. Firstpost
2.5
If it werent for the participation of Gene Hackman and Delroy Lindo two terrific actors who seem utterly incapable of giving a disingenuous performanc .. Cnn
3.8
Mamets dexterous cast absorbs itself in cogent, enigmatic performances that have you wondering every minute whom to trust. Spliced Wire
4.4
Its hard to blame the film for its timing, but nevertheless, it suffers . Movie Habit
3.5
So dead is the art of clever wordplay that we can even forgive a movie like Heist and its many implausibilities simply because its dialogue is so much .. Deseret News
3.1
Heist Review By Joe Lozito View all articles by Joe Lozito Gene Hackman steals the show and a lot more in David Mamets slick caper thriller which deli .. Big Picture Big Sound
4.0
Heist is an action movie, but an anomaly in the genre in that the most exciting scenes are the ones where the characters talk to each other theres ele .. Flavor Wire
3.5
Like Picassos cubism, the result is art for arts sake; clever, poetic, fascinating in its way, but not believable. Film Quips Online
3.2
Heist is rife with witty repartee centered on an intelligent plot full of clever twists. Flip Side Archive
4.0
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4.0
You dont see them act.Instead, each seems to inhabit a movies space and time like an old but still stylish suit; it looks really good, tailored and pr .. Nitrate Online
3.8
Both films are solid works, and both prove writing great movie dialogue is not yet a dead art. Movie Martyr
3.8
With three great stars bringing Mamets explosive dialogue to bigger than life its one of Mamets best.Its also one of Hackmans best, most mercurial per .. Abc News Go
2.5
There is some clever dialogue and a few neat little twists, but the crosses, double crosses, and triple crosses go on for so long, it gets to be a bit .. Fantastic A Daily
4.5
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3.0
Unfortunately, The Job is not quite as interesting as what Ill call The Words meaning, the movies story is far less compelling than what the actors sa .. Seattle Times
3.5
I was sorry when I learned that Michaels, the well known childrens hair cutting salon at Madison Avenue and 90th Street, went out of business recently .. Ny Observer
3.5
The con itself is so convoluted and the conclusion so ambiguous that those aspects arent terribly satisfying.But the movie works in spite of itself, d .. The Phantom Tokkboth



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