The Thomas Crown Affair

R

Released Aug 6, 1968

1 hr. 42 min.

Crime

Drama

Romance

Mystery & Thriller

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Bored millionaire Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) concocts and executes a brilliant scheme to rob a bank without having to do any of the work himself. When Vicki Anderson (Faye Dunaway), an investigator for the bank's insurance company, takes an interest in Crown, the two begin a complicated cat-and-mouse game with a romantic undertone. In an attempt to decipher Anderson's agenda, Crown devises another robbery like his first, wondering if he can get away with the same crime twice.

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Critics Consensus

Steve McQueen settles into the role with ease and aplomb, in a film that whisks viewers to an exotic world with style and sex appeal.

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Jeff S

A different role for the equanimous McQueen, but he is great with Dunaway and still gets to rip up a beach with a dune buggy. The premise of the film is intriguing and the relationship between adventurer and investigator is compelling. There's a lot to like.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/24

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Entropy O

The directing was little too artistic in a way that really didn't work for me or add anything except annoying framing. Although likely related to the movies age, the love affair came off a little over dramatized. A surprising dud for me despite being a Steve McQueen movie. Just didn't love watching it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/02/24

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Elvis D

No es una película muy emocionante y más aún teniendo en cuenta la época a la que pertenece, pero The Thomas Crown Affair tiene un guion inteligente con dos personajes muy llamativos. Thomas y Vicky son lo más fascinante por ser muy listos y verlos a ambos en una especie de lucha de ingenio a ver quién vence al otro. No existe mucha profundidad en los personajes, pero hay una tensión al verlos enfrentándose hasta que un lazo romántico termina interviniendo. Steve McQueen y Faye Dunaway son lo mejor de la película y lo que más se destaca, ya que el resto de la película es un drama sin mucho movimiento. The Thomas Crown Affair es un drama de crímenes que solo se caracteriza por sus dos protagonistas. Mi calificación final para esta película es un 8/10.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/22/23

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Charles T

They don't make 'em like this anymore, and that might be a good thing. McQueen is millionaire Thomas Crown, who hires a bunch of D.B. Cooper look-alikes to knock over a bank and give the money to him. He jets to Geneva with cash in tow, and opens a secret account that he uses to pay off his gang in installments. Fine. Jack Weston plays Erwin, one of the crooks who you just know is going to screw everything up. The Boston police are stumped, led by the lead stumped detective Eddie Malone (Paul Burke). There are no prints, no one seems to be able to give an accurate description of the gang, and the cops are at a dead end. Enter, almost thirty six minutes into this, Vicki Anderson (Faye Dunaway). Vicki is stylish, comes off as kind of dumb, and the perfect insurance investigator. She and Malone spend about three minutes deducing Crown is behind the robbery. Vicki is in it for the money, she gets ten percent of the more than two million dollars stolen as her salary. Vicki goes to the extraordinary means of kidnapping Erwin's child in order for him to get a large amount of money and prove he had something to do with the robbery. Vicki also makes herself available to Crown, under the watchful eye of Malone's cronies. Crown and Vicki fall in love, or is Vicki taking this investigation into some questionable territory? She lays all her cards on the table, telling Crown she is on to him, and literally ON him. Most of the rest of the film consists of this battle of twits, as one tries to outsmart the other. Finally, Crown comes up with the ultimate test for the unflappable Vicki, offering to rob the bank again and see if she will turn him in or not. This film premiered in 1968, and was the basis for the 1999 superior-in-every-way remake starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo. I, too, premiered in 1968, and felt ancient while witnessing what the fashion and interior design worlds were forcing onto my young mod parents. McQueen is cool and confident, Dunaway is cool and confident, and the film is cold and aloof. The viewer does not care one iota for these people, and I think the director senses this. Jewison pulls out every cinematic trick available- thank God as a nation we were able to reject the split-screen process and recognize it for what it was- stupid. The investment made in these two characters is so minimal, I knew every move they would make. Watching this is like watching an episode of "Columbo." The crime occurs, we know who did it, and we are supposed to be entertained by the process of detecting. In this film, the sexual byplay and tension is supposed to be the entertainment, and it is not. The chess scene is cutesy, the long kiss does not seem that long, and is concluded with another of Jewison's tricks. "The Windmills of Your Mind" is one of the worst Best Song Academy Award winners ever. It sounded like it was written in a recording studio bathroom while the singer cleared his throat and the orchestra tuned their instruments. Michel Legrand cannot decide if this film is a Hollywood romance from twenty years earlier, or a modern film defying those old conventions. He is all over the map. In the end, Crown's motive for all of this is that he is bored- I know how he feels. As Dunaway chokes back a sob at the end, and shows the only emotion in "The Thomas Crown Affair," I choked back my popcorn and motioned for the STOP button on the remote.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/28/23

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Jack S

The frequent lyrical interludes become repetitive and the split-screen effect becomes annoyingly distracting, but this one is otherwise a stylishly effective thriller. McQueen, Dunnaway and Burke are all clearly enjoying themselves (and each other) portraying their cooly attractive characters.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/21/23

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Steve D

Not a lot to it but fairly entertaining.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/27/23

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Norman Jewison

Director

Steve McQueen

Thomas Crown

Faye Dunaway

Vicki Anderson

Paul Burke

Det. Lt. Edward 'Eddy' Malone

Jack Weston

Erwin Weaver

Biff McGuire

Sandy

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John Mahoney

Hollywood Reporter

Jewison continues to prove himself among the most facile and appropriative of the two-dimensional directors ...

Jun 26, 2017

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Variety Staff

Variety

The Norman Jewison film tells a crackerjack story, well-tooled, professionally crafted and fashioned with obvious meticulous care.

Mar 26, 2009

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

It's no doubt dated now, and the multiscreen graphics won't make any sense on a pan-and-scan video version, but this heist movie starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway was considered pretty hot stuff back in 1968.

Oct 31, 2007

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

It features two top stars who don’t always click, shallow treatment of its characters, and a meandering storyline that ultimately peters out.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 10, 2024

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Douglas Davidson

Elements of Madness

... one can see where audiences would find themselves taken by the original crime caper and all its participants.

Feb 6, 2024

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Danielle Solzman

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The film has a strange way of falling into Jewison's work on films promoting social conscious.

Rated: 3.5/5

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Synopsis

Bored millionaire Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) concocts and executes a brilliant scheme to rob a bank without having to do any of the work himself. When Vicki Anderson (Faye Dunaway), an investigator for the bank's insurance company, takes an interest in Crown, the two begin a complicated cat-and-mouse game with a romantic undertone. In an attempt to decipher Anderson's agenda, Crown devises another robbery like his first, wondering if he can get away with the same crime twice.

Director: Norman Jewison
Screenwriter: Alan R. Trustman
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
Production Co: United Artists
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 6, 1968, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008

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