The Art of the Steal

    The Art of the Steal
    2013

    Synopsis

    Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen to rewrite some chapters of his own past as well.

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    Cast

    • Kurt RussellCrunch Calhoun
    • Matt DillonNicky Calhoun
    • Jay BaruchelFrancie
    • Kenneth Welsh'Uncle' Paddy MacCarthy
    • Chris DiamantopoulosGuy de Cornet
    • Katheryn WinnickLola
    • Jason JonesInterpol Agent Bick
    • Terence StampSamuel Winter
    • Devon BostickPonch
    • Karyn DwyerGinger

    Recommendations

    • 75

      New York Post

      A thoroughly enjoyable caper that doesn’t outstay its welcome.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Enjoyable heist pic is more talk than action.
    • 70

      Village Voice

      The Art of the Steal doesn't advance the nerdy intertextuality that has distinguished ironic crime films since Guy Ritchie, but writer-director Jonathan Sobol knows the ropes.
    • 67

      The A.V. Club

      Buried underneath the movie’s many layers of pulp fluff and knucklehead comedy is a compelling take on why people are drawn to familiar, generic pleasures—self-aware caper comedies, for instance. Perhaps it’s buried too deeply for its own good.
    • 60

      Los Angeles Times

      The actors give it punch, but in the grand scheme of caper comedies, The Art of the Steal is more breathlessly imitative than authentic.
    • 50

      Slant Magazine

      An energetic but paper-thin genre exercise, filled with pleasant riffs on the standard heist flick, but ultimately lacking in payoff.
    • 50

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      As is often the case in these caper flicks, there’s too much plot for insufficient dramatic effect, and alert viewers will suss out where it’s all heading in the first five minutes.
    • 50

      Chicago Sun-Times

      It’s like a low-budget, Canadian version of “Ocean’s 11,” with about half as many characters and about one-tenth the charm and style.

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