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The Good Thief

Play trailer Poster for The Good Thief R Released Apr 16, 2003 1h 48m Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Bob (Nick Nolte) is an aging thief who has seen better days and is battling both an addiction to heroin and a growing gambling problem. But he still thinks he has one more big score in him and plots a massive heist of a Monte Carlo casino. In order to pull off the theft, he'll need an amazing team of accomplices and will have to outwit his nemesis, the local police chief (Tcheky Karyo). The chief knows that Bob is up to something, but can he figure it out before Bob makes off with millions?
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Bolstered by Nolte's strong performance, The Good Thief brims with seductive style.

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Joe Morgenstern Wall Street Journal The problems stem from ragged storytelling, a surfeit of silly epigrams and a jangle of accents and cultures that leaves you wondering where Mr. Nolte's strangulated crook fits in. Apr 4, 2018 Full Review Barbara Ellen The Times (UK) The Good Thief is worth seeing, if only for Nolte's turn as the loveable de-toxing rogue. Jan 3, 2018 Full Review Derek Adams Time Out While Jordan's repeated freeze-frames try a little too hard for nonchalance, the overall cocktail of Gallic insouciance and American film noir grit delivers such relaxant properties you forgive a few foibles. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Sean Axmaker Seanax.com A faithful remake, a spirited updating, and a deft, colorful, thoroughly entertaining heist film swimming in character and atmosphere, Neil Jordan's The Good Thief (2002)... may not be his best film, but it is one of his most purely enjoyable. Feb 12, 2016 Full Review Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review Rated: 4/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 2/5 Jan 9, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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bob c Nolte in top form. Loads of supporting good turns. Marvellous sound track. Unusual French ambience. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/03/25 Full Review S R A huge letdown from the original. The whole thing seemed rushed and contrived. It's a shame because it could have been much better. RUS. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/28/24 Full Review Audience Member Slightly better than ‘Confidence’ but not by much Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Personally, I enjoyed the film. It had a decent story line, nice cinematography, an occasional partially clad pretty lady, a decent setup of a crime & a twist with an enjoyable ending (which these days is unusual for Hollywood writers, producers, studio execs (& many with low processing brain waves). Michael Clements aka Budman Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/15/21 Full Review Audience Member Horribly written, horrible acting. Everything in this "movie" if you want to call it that - is predictable from the Beginning to end. I wouldn't see this movie if they paid me. Worst case for me is Liam Neeson is the same actor in every movie - including this worthless movie. his character in this movie from every word in the script, the way he conducts himself, the way he speaks just EVERYTHING is ANOTHER taken movie, he only knows how to be one character / the role he played in taken - unfortunately he is not a true actor and cannot get out of that character that's why this movie and all others is taken REGARDLESS of what the movie is Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Boring from start to finish! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Neil Jordan

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Nick Nolte

Bob

Tchéky Karyo

Roger

Said Taghmaoui

Paulo

Gérard Darmon

Raoul

Emir Kusturica

Vladimir

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Synopsis Bob (Nick Nolte) is an aging thief who has seen better days and is battling both an addiction to heroin and a growing gambling problem. But he still thinks he has one more big score in him and plots a massive heist of a Monte Carlo casino. In order to pull off the theft, he'll need an amazing team of accomplices and will have to outwit his nemesis, the local police chief (Tcheky Karyo). The chief knows that Bob is up to something, but can he figure it out before Bob makes off with millions?
Director
Neil Jordan
Producer
Stephen Woolley, Seaton McLean, John Wells
Screenwriter
Neil Jordan
Distributor
Fox
Production Co
Alliance Atlantis Communications
Rating
R
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 16, 2003, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 19, 2003
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.5M
Runtime
1h 48m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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