Heist

R

Released Nov 9, 2001

1 hr. 47 min.

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

List

67%

131 Reviews

Tomatometer

59%

10,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Joe Moore (Gene Hackman) has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman (Danny DeVito) reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife (Rebecca Pidgeon) may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant (Sam Rockwell). Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane (Delroy Lindo) and their utility man, Pinky Pincus (Ricky Jay) find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.

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Critics Consensus

Heist didn't cover any new ground, but the cast and Mamet's expertise with witty banter make it worthwhile.

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Alec B

A fitting title for a movie that reduces this genre to its most basic elements (misdirection, pulpy dialogue, and ostensibly simple characters).

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/10/24

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Steve D

A lot of talent to produce the same thing we have seen a million times.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

Good old-fashioned caper movie. More twists and turns than a box of corkscrews. From the pen of David Mamet. Don't make them like this anymore, and that's a shame.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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marc f

I thought the first 10 minutes looked really promising.. Then the amazing cast started chewing scenery like they were all drunk on the last night of a community theatre production.. The dialogue started to feel really forced. When I heard the line: "He's so cool, when he goes to sleep, the sheep count him..." I knew it was time to go.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Taylor L

Heist is everything that you love and hate about robbery flicks. It operates on the standard formula of fun, slightly distinctive characters plus twists on twists; you know the deception is coming for both the audience and those on the screen, it's up to you to predict how it's going to shake out. Heist structures itself relatively well, setting up a few easy wins for the audience to make them think they have a handle on the con before throwing some curveballs your way. Most of the actors do a pretty decent job, even if Rebecca Pidgeon feels shockingly out of place and largely irrelevant to the plot. Where it seems to stumble is tone - there is never a sense of real fun or superficial entertainment value, nor is there a real grit or toughness; it's more a paint-by-numbers that functions as intended but doesn't go beyond. The details may have a couple of surprises, but the story beats and character arcs don't. Still, a decent enough representative of the genre as a whole. (2.5/5)

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/18/22

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Audience Member

Absolutely awful. Unwatchable.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Gene Hackman

Joe Moore

Danny DeVito

Bergman

Delroy Lindo

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Jason Bailey

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We watch a movie like 'Heist' for the virtuosity of the execution, for the wit with which Mamet writes his way through the conventions, and the pleasure his actors take in chewing on his dialogue, in all of its repetition, shop talk, and artful profanity.

Nov 12, 2016

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Captivating David Mamet movie for grownups.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 24, 2010

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 4/5

Dec 30, 2006

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...Heist benefits substantially from a narrative bursting with surprising twists and plot developments...

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 23, 2022

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Mitchell Beaupre

Paste Magazine

A cold-blooded neo-noir thriller as only Mamet could make them.

Rated: 8/10

Sep 22, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

When so few heist movies occupy but cannot overcome the subgenre’s blueprint, Mamet’s Heist remains as singular as its title.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 15, 2022

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Synopsis

Joe Moore (Gene Hackman) has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman (Danny DeVito) reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife (Rebecca Pidgeon) may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant (Sam Rockwell). Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane (Delroy Lindo) and their utility man, Pinky Pincus (Ricky Jay) find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.

Director: David Mamet
Executive Producer: Andrew Stevens, Don Carmody, Tracee Stanley Newell, James Holt
Screenwriter: David Mamet
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Franchise Pictures, Morgan Creek Productions, Indelible Pictures
Rating: R (Some Violence|Language)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 9, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $23.5M
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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