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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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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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Thelma Adams

AARP Movies for Grownups

Caught Stealing is the best movie from Darren Aronofsky... in years, a crazy After Hours-style yarn with a high body count and a buoyant, breathless pace.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 6, 2025

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Maxwell Rabb

Chicago Reader

It’s Aronofsky near his best.

Sep 5, 2025

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Tre'vell Anderson

Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR Podcast)

You enjoy it, you watch it, and you go on about your day.

Sep 4, 2025

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Jared Rasic

Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

While Caught Stealing is most assuredly a departure from Aronofsky’s earlier work, there still runs beneath the surface a deadly serious undercurrent that gives even the wackiest moments a violent weight.

Rated: B

Sep 5, 2025

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Linda and Al Lerner

Movies and Shakers

When you think Aronofsky films it’s usually a Darren-Downer... But in Caught Stealing, the Director and Austin Butler deliver laughs while they pilfer your heart in spite of a considerable dose of violent action, pain and death.

Sep 5, 2025

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JD Duran

InSession Film

A lot of peapole have pointed out the After Hours inspiration, which is quite evident, but even more so it felt like a Coen brothers film. There's a lot of Fargo here as well, with some Inside Llewyn Davis given the cat of it all.

Rated: A-

Sep 5, 2025

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Marc H

Great actors wasted in a movie with very little character development.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/06/25

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Marie

Caught Stealing didn’t end up how I though at all! This film started off with comical moments that eventually turned violent, it put me in the mindset of The Departed. I’m still not sure how I feel about Caught Stealing. It’s not worth a trip to the theater, wait for streaming,

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/06/25

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Annabel E

We enjoyed the movie because it was entertaining but alittle slow in the beginning, but it had action, romance plus filming in NYC. I would recommend it because it had some twists and turns.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/06/25

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Anthony T

Lots of action all the way through !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/06/25

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Ali D

Loved it. Reminiscent of 90s and early 2000s Guy Ritchie style dark crime dramedy.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/06/25

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Kyle

Great soundtrack and cinematography. And best supporting cat of the year.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/06/25

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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 (Some Sexuality/Nudity|Pervasive Language|Brief Drug Use|Strong Violent Content)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 29, 2025, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.5M
Runtime: 1h 47m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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