Caught Stealing

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Caught Stealing

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Aug 2025

1h 47m

Mystery & Thriller

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Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) was a high-school baseball phenom who can't play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He's got a great girl (Zoë Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant. When his punk-rock neighbor Russ (Matt Smith) asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, Hank suddenly finds himself caught in the middle of a motley crew of threatening gangsters. They all want a piece of him; the problem is he has no idea why. As Hank attempts to evade their ever-tightening grip, he's got to use all his hustle to stay alive long enough to find out....

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Critics Consensus

A freewheeling throwback, Caught Stealing splendidly showcases Austin Butler's movie star charisma while marking a surprisingly lighthearted gearshift for director Darren Aronofsky.

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Audience Says

A diverting, pulpy caper with ‘90s flair, Caught Stealing is a gritty, violent ride fueled by the charisma of Austin Butler and Zoë Kravitz.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

The film is brutal—filled with bad luck, questionable choices and broken bodies—but it’s also thrilling, propelled by Butler’s performance and Aronofsky’s compassion for the flawed.

Oct 14, 2025

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

A picture with such a high body count is unlikely to be boring, but this is a lazily derivative throwback that appropriates ideas and plot points from numerous other movies (think Guy Ritchie’s After Hours). Caught Stealing indeed.

Oct 7, 2025

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Mark Feeney

Boston Globe

Aronofsky doesn’t respect his characters. He doesn’t disrespect them as much as he disrespected Brendan Fraser’s title character in “The Whale,” but a friend to the human condition he is not. He also doesn’t respect the audience.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 24, 2025

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Charlotte Simmons

The Treatment (Substack)

Caught Stealing is an old-school American blockbuster — replete with a movie star, sex appeal, violence, and a handful of chuckles — that, perhaps paradoxically, is about the inevitability of reality, in all its decolonized expanse.

Oct 24, 2025

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Nelson Acosta

Koimoi

Caught Stealing is Darren Aronofsky’s most approachable work in his filmography, but also the most boring of them all, thanks to a script with no bite!

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 19, 2025

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Michael Cook

KLRT-TV

Darren Arronofsky is a fantastic director and this movie is part gritty, part comedy. and part watching Austin Butler trying to figure out how to get away from various gangsters. I highly recommend this movie.

Rated: 8.5/10

Oct 18, 2025

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adam gelatt

doesn't gel, kinda whack

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/13/25

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Kay R

Loved this musical! Even more so cause it’s based on history.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/13/25

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Hussein

This movie was awesome!!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/02/25

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Andrew

Surprisingly violent

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/01/25

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dyl

Really mess with this one lowkey sad tho but over all great stuff

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/01/25

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Carver

Incredible story telling with fun elements of a popcorn movie. Truly a refreshing and well constructed film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/01/25

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Synopsis

Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) was a high-school baseball phenom who can't play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He's got a great girl (Zoë Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant. When his punk-rock neighbor Russ (Matt Smith) asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, Hank suddenly finds himself caught in the middle of a motley crew of threatening gangsters. They all want a piece of him; the problem is he has no idea why. As Hank attempts to evade their ever-tightening grip, he's got to use all his hustle to stay alive long enough to find out....

Director: Darren Aronofsky
Producer: Jeremy Dawson, Dylan Golden, Ari Handel, Darren Aronofsky
Screenwriter: Charlie Huston
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Protozoa Pictures
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Brief Drug Use|Some Sexuality/Nudity|Strong Violent Content)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 29, 2025, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 30, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.9M
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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