
In their own words and with unprecedented access, the most successful jewel thieves of all time take you into their world: the post-Milosevic Balkans, the modern diamond trade and a 21st Century crime gang. But as the thieves brazenly commit their crimes across the world - Europe, Asia and The U.A.E. - Interpol and global police forces are tightening their grip. As many of the criminals responsible for are caught and extradited, this film asks: Is this the end of the Pink Pan... (Full plot summary below)
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In their own words and with unprecedented access, the most successful jewel thieves of all time take you into their world: the post-Milosevic Balkans, the modern diamond trade and a 21st Century crime gang. But as the thieves brazenly commit their crimes across the world - Europe, Asia and The U.A.E. - Interpol and global police forces are tightening their grip. As many of the criminals responsible for are caught and extradited, this film asks: Is this the end of the Pink Panthers?
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| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe world's most successful ring of diamond thieves is inventively and insightfully explored in the documentary Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers. |
| The GuardianMike McCahillThe casefile remains open, but this considered investigation matches the Panthers' bravura with an organisational flair of its own. |
| New York PostFarran Smith NehmeThe movie's most exciting when the precision and jaw-dropping nerve of the gang holds center stage. |
| Slant MagazineWes GreeneIt occasionally succumbs to the pitfalls of the mock-thriller kitsch it slyly dismantles, but it's made up for in a wry and experimental visual style that satirically paints a vibrant crime fantasia. |
| The PlaylistKevin JagernauthGenuinely captivating and intriguing, Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers puts together a remarkable tale that goes past simply judging it's subjects, and tries to find their motivation, without ever rationalizing what they've done. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineIt's pacey and often exhilarating. And also strikingly timely. |
| Shockya.comBrent SimonA delightful documentary that dances along the edge between intellectual think-piece and ring-a-ding, Ocean's-style criminal lifestyle celebration. |
| About.comJennifer MerinSmash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers is entertaining and insightful. A must see. |
| Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe doc breezily sketches out the process of casing, smashing, grabbing, escaping, and fencing, not in as much detail as David Samuels's stellar New Yorker piece on the Panthers a couple years back, but with some added pathos. |
| VarietyScott FoundasMarking does an admirable job of ceding centerstage to the Panthers without letting the film turn soft or letting her subjects turn themselves into latter-day Robin Hoods. |