
Self-made billionaire Thomas Crown is bored of being able to buy everything he desires. Being irresistible to women, he also does not feel any challenge in that area. But there are a few things even he can't get, therefore Thomas Crown has a seldom hobby: He steals priceless masterpieces of Art. After the theft of a famous painting from Claude Monet, the only person suspecting Thomas Crown is Catherine Banning. Her job is to get the picture back, no matter how she accomplishe... (Full plot summary below)
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Self-made billionaire Thomas Crown is bored of being able to buy everything he desires. Being irresistible to women, he also does not feel any challenge in that area. But there are a few things even he can't get, therefore Thomas Crown has a seldom hobby: He steals priceless masterpieces of Art. After the theft of a famous painting from Claude Monet, the only person suspecting Thomas Crown is Catherine Banning. Her job is to get the picture back, no matter how she accomplishes her mission. Unfortunately, Catherine gets involved too deeply with Thomas to keep a professional distance to the case. Fortunately, Thomas seems to fall for her, too.
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| SlateDavid EdelsteinThe world didn't need a remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. We didn't need it, but we got it anyway -- and it's pretty terrific. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsDavid N. ButterworthIf you're gonna remake a classic then this is the way to do it. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin...professional Hollywood movie-making, which means it's at once very impressive and utterly dismissable. |
| Salon.comCharles TaylorIt's a deluxe vacation for adults with all frills included: glamorous settings, glamorous clothes, glamorous sex. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittA flighty affair, but it's colorfully acted and tautly directed. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonA full-throttle fantasy, about as heady a movie experience as it gets. |
| Washington PostStephen HunterThis is a movie that understands the larger-than-life appeal of the old-fashioned movie star and one of the movies' most primal appeals: beautiful people doing amusing things while talking about it cleverly. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenSlick, gaudily suave guilty pleasure of a movie. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA moderately diverting entertainment as sleek and aerodynamically sound as the glider its characters tool around in, it takes no extraordinary chances and delivers no major surprises. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA romp of romantic larceny built out of spare parts we've seen in countless other films. |