The Pleasure of Being Robbed

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The Pleasure of Being Robbed

2008

1h 11m

Comedy

Drama

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A quirky young woman (Eleonore Hendricks) steals random objects as she wanders the streets of downtown Manhattan.

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

The movie's refusal to judge is its most interesting attribute, if one many audiences won't be able to get around.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 29, 2009

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Peter Brunette

The Hollywood Reporter

Less pleasurable after the first fifteen minutes.

Oct 18, 2008

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Rob Nelson

Variety

Few ticketbuyers will take joy in The Pleasure of Being Robbed, Joshua Safdie's pranksterish New York indie portrait of a deeply unsympathetic young distaff hustler.

Oct 18, 2008

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Daniel Kasman

MUBI

"The Pleasure of Being Robbed" isn't exactly a criticism of its generational brethren, but it is a fundamental improvement, a small quiet film that sees its small quietness with a sympathetic sadness

Nov 16, 2017

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

Our morbid curiosity for this criminal activity, akin to public gawking at traffic accidents, effectively lures us into complicity with both her and the filmmaker. And despite the moral implications constantly tugging on our collective conscience.

Feb 7, 2010

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Lee Marshall

Screen International

A charming indie title, suffused with the spirit of the French New Wave of the early sixties and possessed of a quirky likeability.

Oct 18, 2008

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isla s

This appears as if its a documentary show - there's little strong plot involved, its a film about a kelptomaniac. I can't say I felt sorry for the main character, she's clearly quirky and there is a sort of urban charm about it but its not a very memorable film and it was, if anything, a little too quirky for me. I wouldn't especially recommend it, no.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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From a confused start to... a confused rest of the film, this first for the Safdie brothers provided no more than an observational experience that simply didn't work for me. Neither immersive nor impressive, nor deep nor powerful, I felt detached from the start and could not manage to cling on to anything throughout.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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This is a point of view that needed to be revealed - an existential look, an "it is what it is" view we can easily over-analze. These are all people to watch, we'll be seeing them again soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Film based on realism so not entertaining. Nibbles: Roasted cat pie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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me encanto! absolutamente recomendada!!!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Synopsis

A quirky young woman (Eleonore Hendricks) steals random objects as she wanders the streets of downtown Manhattan.

Director: Josh Safdie
Producer: Brett Jutkiewicz, Josh Safdie, Zachary Treitz, Sam Lisenco, Alex Orlovsky
Screenwriter: Josh Safdie, Eleonore Hendricks
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 7, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.7K
Runtime: 1h 11m