
Set against the glitzy backdrop of the French Riviera, aging gambler Bob Montagnet is about to gamble it all on the casino heist of a lifetime; a spectatcular sleight of hand--two heists, one real, one not, but which is which? Under the watchful eye of Roger, a policeman who would as soon save his longtime opponent as arrest him, Montagnet assembles a team that consists of partners Paulo and Raoul, technical mastermind Vladimer, former-drug-dealer-turned-informant Said, Anne,... (Full plot summary below)
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Set against the glitzy backdrop of the French Riviera, aging gambler Bob Montagnet is about to gamble it all on the casino heist of a lifetime; a spectatcular sleight of hand--two heists, one real, one not, but which is which? Under the watchful eye of Roger, a policeman who would as soon save his longtime opponent as arrest him, Montagnet assembles a team that consists of partners Paulo and Raoul, technical mastermind Vladimer, former-drug-dealer-turned-informant Said, Anne, a young Eastern girl Montagnet rescued from prostitution, and the perfect complement to a double theft--identical twins Albert and Bertram.
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| Baltimore SunMichael SragowNolte's gambler-bandit Bob Montagnet is a triumph of imagination, touched with electric existential poetry. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovOne of Jordan's best films, and almost certainly in Nolte's top two percentile. |
| San Diego Union-TribuneDavid ElliottA bad movie that careens and kazooms from one moment of flip, empty sophistication to another. |
| Denton Record-ChronicleBoo AllenAn Irish director reconfigures an old French film with an American star and a Russian hooker. And it works. |
| Dallas Morning NewsGary DowellMr. Jordan adeptly keeps the movie saturated in jazzy cool, preserving the original film's hard-boiled romantic notions of what does and does not make a good thief. |
| Times (UK)Barbara EllenThe Good Thief is worth seeing, if only for Nolte's turn as the loveable de-toxing rogue. |
| Salon.comCharles TaylorThis long shot pays off -- in spades. Not only has Jordan made a movie that's looser, hipper, freer and -- abetted by his great cinematographer, Chris Menges -- more sheerly beautiful to look at, he's also made the best movie of his career. |
| Seanax.comSean AxmakerA faithful remake, a spirited updating, and a deft, colorful, thoroughly entertaining heist film swimming in character and atmosphere, Neil Jordan's The Good Thief (2002)... may not be his best film, but it is one of his most purely enjoyable. |
| Goatdog's MoviesMichael W. Phillips, Jr.The film had a natural rhythm that was almost musical. |
| Sacramento BeeJoe BaltakeJordan has made a film that is both traditional enough to hold those moviegoers who don't catch its kickiness, and cinematic enough to hook those in thrall of 'camera art.' |