Tells the real life story of an 80 year old international jewel thief. Features interviews with Doris Payne, her daughter and son, her childhood best friend and law enforcement officers. Doris tells stories that include a daring escape, how she used "sleight of hand", and the first time she "took" a piece of jewelry at the age of 10. As the movie begins we see Doris dealing with her most current charges and the possibility of facing a term in prison. From there the film goes ... (Full plot summary below)
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Tells the real life story of an 80 year old international jewel thief. Features interviews with Doris Payne, her daughter and son, her childhood best friend and law enforcement officers. Doris tells stories that include a daring escape, how she used "sleight of hand", and the first time she "took" a piece of jewelry at the age of 10. As the movie begins we see Doris dealing with her most current charges and the possibility of facing a term in prison. From there the film goes back and forth between the past and the present until we finally learn what her destiny will be after over 50 years as an international jewel thief.
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| Black Girl NerdsJamie BroadnaxThink of the film 'Catch Me If You Can' meets 'Ocean's Eleven' with a twist. The jewelry thief is an unsuspecting, sweet, and gorgeous Black woman by the name of Doris Payne. |
| Digital JournalSarah GopaulThis documentary is enjoyable because Payne is a firecracker. Even now her eyes sparkle as she recounts barely escaping arrest in Monte Carlo. |
| Toronto StarLinda BarnardAs much a social and psychological study as a fascinating look at a woman who lived by her own rules. |
| Film InternationalMatthew SorrentoBeginning as a rather conventional documentary ... [the film] soon finds a matter-of-fact style that nicely reflects its subject. |
| Baret NewsKam WilliamsAn unappealing, un-role model who stole millions from the rich and simply frittered it away on herself in decadent fashion. |
| Globe and MailCliff LeeThere is wonderful source material here; it's easy to root for Payne's transgressions. But her story is dying for a multimillion-dollar Hollywood treatment. |
| Film Journal InternationalDoris ToumarkineColorful if somewhat suspect portrait of African-American international jewel thief and fearless scammer Doris Payne is an amusing reminder that crime doesn't just belong to the usual suspects. |
| NonficsDan SchindelThe movie only reduces these things to their most simplistic terms, often doing so to push Payne as an inspirational or admirable figure. And that does an incredibly complicated human being a shameful disservice. |
| User ReviewKandis A,AWSOME MOVIE I LOVE DORIS PAYNE, GIRL YOU CAN COME STAY W ME IF YOU NEED A PLACE!!! DORIS PAYNE IS MY FORM OF TODAY ROBIN HOOD, DORIS ......YOU KICK ASS GIRL!! LOVE YOU TONS |
