Nick Nolte,
Nutsa Kukhianidze,
Tcheky Karyo,
Said Taghmaoui,
Gérard Darmon
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Loosely based on Jean-Pierre Melville's French film noir Bob le Flambeur, this heist film from director Neil Jordan (Interview With the Vampire, The Crying Game) stars Nick Nolte as Bob, an aging Amer... read more
DVD Release Date: August 19, 2003
Stats: 232 reviews
A movie that tried really hard for the "cool" factor, complete with a "cool" french soundtrack. It's a decent watch. It may have been much better with a better lead? I wasn't buying the suave gambler/thief played by Nick Nolte..but that's just me, maybe. I'm not really a fan.
A good Heist movie. More stylish than Ocean's 11 but less watchable. Style over content maybe, I mean, what?s with the editing? The pause before every new frame, I don't get it? Still, Nolte makes it worth watching and Neil Jordan is one of the best directors in the world today. ... read more
while the story was solid and the end was very good, the script was awful, the acting sub par, and the directing by niel jordan distractingly bad. some give and some take makes for an average film. great semi-cameo by ralph fiennes.
A stylish, tense, sexy and electrifying crime thriller. Explosive, smart, bold, funny and exciting. Nick Nolte has never been better. Gives his best performance in years. He just gets better as the years go on showing impressive and undeniable star power. A great cast of actors. ... read more
I'll be honest: I only watched this movie because of Said Taghmoui. The story was just so-so for me and I just couldn't take my mind off the bad editing. Every time a scene would end and cut to the next, it would freeze. And not in the artsy way, more like the editors didn't know... read more
"The Good Thief" is an entertaining film that reminded me a lot of another one of Neil Jordan's films, "Mona Lisa." Nick Nolte delivers a strong performance and Jordan's direction is spot-on for most of the time, but the plot is riddled with more holes than John Dillinger's body ... read more
Starring Nutsa Kukhianidze and Nick Nolte, directed by Neil Jordan. It is a remake of a famous 1955 French film Bob le flambeur, by Jean-Pierre Melville. The film, shot in both Monaco and Nice, France follows a heroin addict, and retired thief through the setup and completion of ... read more
THE GOOD THIEF is a different Jordan's film because of its style. The editing and the quality of the film look similar to the OCEAN's ELEVEN. Nonetheless, this film is much clever and interesting than OCEAN's also because of story and performances. Besides being categorized as a ... read more
Great fun despite its deficiency as a presumed thriller. Full Review
It's a heist film with a muddled plot, a character study with no personality.
Rumpled and dissolute, Nolte shambles through this gracefully atmospheric crime film with a cool poignancy that verges on the comic.
With his haggard good looks and bearish presence, Nolte is the main event in this colorful three-ring circus of a heist picture. Full Review
This is a movie for which you want to give an award to the casting director, Susie Figgis. Full Review
Jordan has made a film that is both traditional enough to hold those moviegoers who don't catch its kickiness, and cinematic enough to hook those in thrall of 'camera art.' Full Review
The heist is the story's spine, the melody. But what's really interesting are the solo flights that branch off and the filigrees that embellish it. Full Review
Blurry, opiated, jagged with melancholy and stone cold beautiful.
Nolte is perfectly cast as this charming loser. The problem is, he knows it. Full Review
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