Steal This Movie

R

Released Mar 4, 2000

1 hr. 51 min.

Drama

List

51%

43 Reviews

Tomatometer

71%

2,500+ Ratings

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"Steal This Movie" charts the rise and fall of Abbie Hoffman -- activist, radical, fugitive, lover -- and leads us through the maze of music, politics and personal struggle of the late sixties and seventies. Abbie's story reflects a culture that abandoned comfort for freedom, money for passion, complacency for instinct. He recognized an enlightened breed of renegade soldiers in this hippie generation. They were young, bold, defiant, reactive.

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Critics Consensus

D'Onofrio's performance fails to do justice to Hoffman, and the depiction of the 60s also rings false.

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Based on the times of Abbie Hoffman speaking out in the 60s against vietnam and various other things, wanted by the F.B.I and going on the run, and F.B.i corruption, was part of his story and depicted here, D'onorfrio is a good watch and the look of the film feels very authentic especially a 2000 film, archive footage and montage also helping out, yet another in a long line of 60s american history and while not fantastic a interesting watch.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

Not much to say here, the acting was cringe worthy. The movie is just not up to par.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

Steal This Movie is an interesting, captivating, and for the most part unknown biopic of Abbie Hoffman. I will watch anything Vincent D'Onorfio is in; no matter if it's a critically acclaimed film like Full Metal Jacket, a television show(Law and Order) or a unknown movie like this or Staten Island. He's a very good and under appreciated actor. Once again he gives an eccentric and flawless performance as a leader of the counter-culture movement of the 1960's. I won't go into the full details of Abbies life, but basically the government started to perceive him as dangerous and forced him to "go underground." He left behind a wife and son who he could only talk to through letters as he was being searched for by the FBI. The last half of Steal This Movie is damn near flawless. The movie features a great soundtrack featuring "Season of the Witch," "The Star Spangled Banner"(Hendrix style) and many protest songs that we've all heard throughout the years. Steal This Movie is definitely a movie that deserves some respect.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Disappointing, at best. Having just finished "Revolution for the Hell of It", I was disheartened to discover that Abbie Hoffman's message just didn't transfer well to film. I have the utmost respect for Hoffman, and it's plausible that no one could have portrayed him well enough to fit my impossible standards. I am a huge fan of Vincent D'Onofrio, and feel like he did a stellar job. The true flaws lie in the overly simplistic writing and plot development.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Worth seeing. [dvd 2011-02]

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

Good movie based on the life of Abbie Hoffman. Most of it is told in flashbacks. A journalist is writing a piece on Abbie Hoffman, and through interviews with him, his wife, friends and lawyers we see what happened to make Abbie go "underground"...which is where he is at the beginning of the film. This covers the time from his first arrest, to his coming out of the underground. Vincent D'Onofrio does a great job as the man himself, and Janeane Garofalo is wonderful as his wife Anita.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Robert Greenwald

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Vincent D'Onofrio

Abbie Hoffman

Janeane Garofalo

Anita Hoffman

Jeanne Tripplehorn

Johanna Lawrenson

Kevin Pollak

Gerry Lefcourt

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Owen Gleiberman

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Rated: C+

Sep 7, 2011

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Nell Minow

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Abbie Hoffman biopic is unsatisfying.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 28, 2010

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Kimberley Jones

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Rated: 3/5

Mar 10, 2003

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Rated: 3.5/5

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Rated: 2/5

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Synopsis

"Steal This Movie" charts the rise and fall of Abbie Hoffman -- activist, radical, fugitive, lover -- and leads us through the maze of music, politics and personal struggle of the late sixties and seventies. Abbie's story reflects a culture that abandoned comfort for freedom, money for passion, complacency for instinct. He recognized an enlightened breed of renegade soldiers in this hippie generation. They were young, bold, defiant, reactive.

Director: Robert Greenwald
Executive Producer: Jon Avnet, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ken Christmas
Screenwriter: Anita Hoffman, Abbie Hoffman, Marty Jezer, Bruce Graham
Distributor: Trimark Pictures, Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Robert Greenwald Productions, Ardent Films, Lakeshore International, Greenlight Productions
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Drug Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 4, 2000, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 7, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $76.1K
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Surround, Dolby SR

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