
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specializing in high-profile diamond jobs. After having spent many years in prison, he has a very concrete picture of what he wants out of life--including a nice home, a wife, and kids. As soon as he is able to assemble the pieces of this collage, by means of his chosen profession, he intends to retire and become a model citizen. In an effort to accelerate this process, he signs on to take down a huge score for a big-time gangster.... (Full plot summary below)
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Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specializing in high-profile diamond jobs. After having spent many years in prison, he has a very concrete picture of what he wants out of life--including a nice home, a wife, and kids. As soon as he is able to assemble the pieces of this collage, by means of his chosen profession, he intends to retire and become a model citizen. In an effort to accelerate this process, he signs on to take down a huge score for a big-time gangster. Unfortunately, Frank's obsession for his version of the American Dream allows him to overlook his natural wariness and mistrust, when making the deal for his final job. He is thus ensnared and robbed of his freedom, his independence, and, ultimately, his dream.
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| VarietyVariety StaffA slick Chicago crime-drama with a well-developed sense of pathos running throughout. |
| The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMichael Mann’s Thief is one of the most confident directorial debuts of its era, the product of an unprecedented amount of research and preparation. |
| The DissolveScott TobiasDebut features are rarely this confident and accomplished, much less such a perfect blueprint of what to expect from a filmmaker down the line. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenIt's one of those films where you feel the authority right away: This movie knows its characters, knows its story, and knows exactly how it wants to tell us about them. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickJames Caan gives a standout performance, investing in Frank a sense of determination that runs contrary to the fatalistic drive of the narrative. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's one of those films where you feel the authority right away: This movie knows its characters, knows its story, and knows exactly how it wants to tell us about them. |
| The SkinnyRoss McIndoeThief wears its genre as a badge of honour from the very first scene. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...a deliberately-paced character study that's peppered with heist-like elements... |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottMr. Mann may well become a very good theatrical film maker but, among other things, he's going to have to learn how to edit himself, to resist the temptation to allow dialogue that is colorful to turn, all of a sudden, into deep, abiding purple. Time after time scenes start off well and slip into unintentionally comic excess. |
| Film Freak CentralBill ChambersGround zero for Michael Mann--his origin story... |