Synopsis
Hoping to leave his criminal lifestyle behind him, a successful art thief teams up with a sexy con woman to pull off the ultimate heist and set himself free.
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Cast
- Theo JamesIvan
- Emily RatajkowskiElyse
- Fred MelamedDimitri
- Aris AlvaradoPool Man
- Fernanda AndradeMary
- Tim BaderAaron
- Joe Bucaro IIIAnatoli / Aristotle
- Rod ChaouqiSoroush
- Mia CheungCindy
- Frank ClemJohn Wolfe
Recommendations
- 75
RogerEbert.com
A mostly satisfying entry in the art heist genre. - 63
Movie Nation
The banter waxes and wanes a tad more than I’d like. And yes, Lying and Stealing, being a genre picture, is the 14,764th “one last job” movie. - 60
Variety
Yet even given its budgetary limits and second-tier cast, Lying and Stealing manages to be a retro escapist pleasure — one whose cleverness might actually have been muffled by flashier surface assets. - 50
Observer
The movie has moments, but clichés abound and it runs out of energy and steam early. In a memorably bad summer, count it as another dull indie-prod on its way to home video. - 50
Film Threat
Lying and Stealing comes across as the object a thief would replace an art piece to prevent anyone from realizing it’s missing at first glance. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Lying and Stealing might have been more effective if its two leads had more charisma, but James is mostly bland and Ratajkowski never quite convinces as a woman of mystery. This is the sort of lighthearted exercise that requires genuine star power to overcome its triviality, and the lack of it here seriously diminishes its impact. - 40
Los Angeles Times
The jaunty, neo-noirish crime outing Lying and Stealing has its moments — chiefly the engaging performances of sexy leads Theo James and Emily Ratajkowski — but is too short on depth and logic to prove much more than a glossy, forgettable trifle.
