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Heist (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 125 Fresh: 82  Rotten:43 Average Rating: 6.2/10
 
Consensus: Heist didn't cover any new ground, but the cast and Mamet's expertise with witty banter make it worthwhile.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Theatrical Release: Nov 9, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $23,287,872

Synopsis: Written and directed by David Mamet, HEIST is a crime thriller that follows aging master thief Joe Moore (Gene Hackman) as he plans one last robbery before literally sailing off into the sunset. What seems like the perfect heist gets complicated, however, when Joe's "business" partner,... Written and directed by David Mamet, HEIST is a crime thriller that follows aging master thief Joe Moore (Gene Hackman) as he plans one last robbery before literally sailing off into the sunset. What seems like the perfect heist gets complicated, however, when Joe's "business" partner, Bergman (Danny DeVito), insists that his shifty nephew, Jimmy Silk (Sam Rockwell), join the crew--consisting of Joe's young wife, Fran (Rebecca Pidgeon), and longtime associates Bobby Blane (Delroy Lindo) and Don "Pinky" Pincus (Ricky Jay). A tense battle of wits and wills ensues, leading to plenty of twists and turns before the grand finale. HEIST works wonderfully as a fast-paced, slight-of-hand caper flick. By focusing on dialogue over violence, Mamet allows his excellent script and remarkable cast to shine. Hackman (who seems incapable of giving a bad performance) and Lindo are particularly outstanding and carry the film as deftly as their characters plot their crime. Although the one-last-robbery tale has been told hundreds of times before, it's rarely been told better than this. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay, Sam Rockwell

Director: David Mamet
Screenwriter: David Mamet
Producer: Art Linson, Andrew Stevens, Elie Samaha

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Mar 12, 2002

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Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound
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3/5

[Mamet] is a giant in several areas, but I'm not sure moviemaking is one of them.

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09/17/07
Rob Gonsalves
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12/30/06
Empire Magazine
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Structured as a trick within a trick within a trick, Mamet's latest contribution to film noir is a mildly entertaining crimer that nonetheless exposes his strenuous efforts to outsmart the audience.

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12/05/06
Emanuel Levy
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Derek Adams
Time Out
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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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12/06/05
Film Threat
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B

This is a world not unlike superhero comics, only in this world the heroes have the superhuman ability to knock down buildings with a split-second comeback line.

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12/06/04
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer
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3/5

Como em todo roteiro escrito por Mamet, os diálogos são excelentes e a trama é engenhosa – mas desta vez o excesso de reviravoltas acaba comprometendo o resultado final.

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12/09/03
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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4/5

The methodical planning of the caper is completely mesmerizing.

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06/19/03
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies
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3.5/5

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online
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3.5/4

Your typical heist film with a few improvements.

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01/29/03
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy
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3/5

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12/08/02
Film Threat
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11/10/02
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]
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Heist is better than The Score, not because it is more surprising or the actorly turns by the principals better realized, but simply because it is better written and the direction is more fluid.

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10/30/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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10/30/02
Matthew Turner
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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer
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Mamet plays his cards carefully enough to raise the performances into a meditation on the nature of trust itself.

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10/14/02
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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The story turns tedious as the characters take turns stabbing each other in the back. Every successive plot twist becomes easier to foresee.

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08/15/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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Very disappointing new action flick by Mamet. Not worth a trip to the theatre for this one...

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07/09/02
Paul Salfen
Supercala.com
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