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Hurt Locker, The
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Goodbye Solo
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Tulpan
87
Gomorrah
86
Seraphine
84
Summer Hours
83
U2 3D
83
Revanche
83
Tyson
82
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
82
Sugar
82
Hunger
82
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
81
Il Divo
81
Beaches of Agnes, The
80
Food, Inc.
80
Tokyo Sonata
79
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
78
Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story, The
78
O'Horten
77
Every Little Step
77
Sin Nombre
75
24 City
74
Treeless Mountain
74
Afghan Star
74
Two Lovers
74
Song of Sparrows, The
74
Lemon Tree
71
Pressure Cooker
71
Jerichow
70
Shall We Kiss?
70
Tony Manero
70
End of the Line, The
69
Valentino: The Last Emperor
69
Unmistaken Child
67
$9.99
67
Rudo y Cursi
67
Girlfriend Experience, The
66
Adoration
66
Moon
65
Sex Positive
65
Departures
64
Outrage
64
Examined Life
64
Throw Down Your Heart
64
Lymelife
63
Tokyo!
63
Cheri
63
Dead Snow
63
Tetro
63
Great Buck Howard, The
62
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Big Man Japan
62
Not Forgotten
61
Sunshine Cleaning
60
Under Our Skin
59
Sleep Dealer
58
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58
Easy Virtue
57
Away We Go
57
Merry Gentleman, The
57
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
56
Girl from Monaco, The
56
American Violet
55
Brothers Bloom, The
54
Is Anybody There?
54
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54
Stoning of Soraya M., The
52
Quiet Chaos
50
Management
48
Alien Trespass
45
Whatever Works
42
Little Ashes
42
Tennessee
40
Limits of Control, The
40
Paris 36
38
Gigantic
36
Life is Hot in Cracktown
35
New York
28
Big Shot-Caller, The
28
Surveillance
22
What Goes Up
18
Downloading Nancy
16
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xx
Call of the Wild
xx
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xx
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Italian Job, The
Paramount Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for violence and some language
Starring
Mark Wahlberg,
Charlize Theron,
Edward Norton,
Seth Green,
Jason Statham,
Mos Def,
Donald Sutherland, Christina Cabot,
and
Franky G.
In this is a remake of the 1969 British caper comedy, Mark Whalberg stars as Charlie Croker, the leader of a band of thieves planning the ultimate heist.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Troy Kennedy-Martin (1969 screenplay)
Neal Purvis
Robert Wade
Donna Powers and Wayne Powers
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
F. Gary Gray
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: October 7, 2003
Video: October 7, 2003
Theatrical: May 30, 2003
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| RUNNING TIME: |
104 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
90
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
The chase scenes in The Italian Job are the most exciting ones I can remember seeing in a movie in a long time, probably because they're the only ones I can remember -- and that's saying something.

90
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
A fast and furious action-adventure. The film's comedy counts for as much as the clever and risky ways in which Wahlberg and company go after the nasty Norton, who has holed up in a Bel-Air mansion with a world-class security system.

90
The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden
Less giddy and more cohesive than the original, the film doesn't waste time, plunging almost directly into a spectacular heist.

80
Dallas Observer
Robert Wilonsky
It's more like the déjà vu machine. But that does not negate this movie's copious pleasures, chief among them its prudent decision to act like it's never supposed to be more than good time, a thrilling test-drive in a car you love but can't afford to actually buy.

80
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
The best car commercial ever, an absolute triumph of product placement, and great fun as a movie in the bargain.
80
Slate
David Edelstein
A pandering, debased, generic little nothing of a movie. And I'm still trying to figure out why I loved it so inordinately.

80
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
For two hours, the bliss of the brainless fluff is yours for the asking. It cheerfully puts the escape back in escapism.

80
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
It is, as with any cinematic joy ride, not the destination that matters, but the rush of getting there.

80
New York Magazine
Peter Rainer
An elaborate techno-heist thriller, The Italian Job features some spectacular chase scenes, but for a change, the people doing the chasing are also worth watching.

80
LA Weekly
John Powers
Not only are the action sequences well-paced and witty, but Gray neatly draws out the comic high spirits in Wahlberg's ensemble of crooks.

80
Variety
Robert Koehler
The forthcoming line of high-octane summer entertainments will be hard-pressed to top this one for both thrills and wit.

78
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
A zippy, energetic, automotive free-for-all, a caper extravaganza minus the bleak overtones that have come to figure in so many 9mm movies these days.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
This is just the movie for two hours of mindless escapism on a relatively skilled professional level.

75
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Fits squarely into the "exciting" category; it's a white-knuckler of the first order.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
This is pure entertainment but smart entertainment, plotted and executed with invention and humor and acted by a winning cast radiating good-movie energy.

75
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Norton is unapologetic and unflappable in his part. Slimy and vaguely nerdy, he's become the thinking man's thug, even if this character's Armani-wear is better tailored than his psychology.

75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
The Italian Job isn't a masterpiece, but it gets the job done.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
Sometimes, when you least expect it, Hollywood is so Hollywood good, serving up a flick guaranteed to answer the clarion call of the multitudes. "I just want to be entertained," you say? Well, fork out then, because The Italian Job does the job.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Zooms along with confidence, smarts, and some of the coolest car chases this side of the Indy 500.

75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
It's an entertaining picture, classy and well executed, but as much as any film I've seen recently, this lush new version of the 1969 Michael Caine thriller tends to prove that, where thrillers are concerned, "more" is often less.

70
The New Yorker
David Denby
Good summer fun, but its only about two-thirds the picture it could have been. Since Edward Norton has nothing to play against, the rivalry at the heart of the movie never heats up. [16 & 23 June 2003, p. 200]
70
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Feels a like smooth, exciting whoosh down a ski slope.

70
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Satisfying in a purely infantile way, and the familiarity of everything is oddly comforting. In terms of action, moreover, this makes "The Matrix Reloaded" look like a clodhopper's jamboree.

67
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
There's a fair amount of filler in The Italian Job, but it all boils down to the big heist, which has been staged as if it were Fort Knox being robbed by Evel Knievel.

67
Portland Oregonian
Kim Morgan
Manages to be a solid, though not exceptional, heist movie with a good-looking cast and -- maybe -- even better-looking cars.

67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Charlize Theron, playing the one woman member of the team, handily steals the movie from the guys with her no-nonsense display of verve and vulnerability.

63
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
Essentially an old-fashioned movie, nothing fancy, nothing new, just some jokes and some action and a crowd-pleasing finale.

63
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
A slicker, faster-paced, high-tech upgrade that lifts the sprightly spirit and the main action set piece from the original while developing its own twists and a new ending that, though a bit too pat and eager to please, is a vast improvement.

60
Film Threat
Robert Learner
Heist movies seem pretty quaint and analog in our era where high stakes crime is primarily electronic in nature. But until someone can make embezzlement cinematically interesting, were left with theft and this movie just gets away with it.

60
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Keith Phipps
Even if it weren't a remake, The Italian Job would still look startlingly unoriginal, but in a summer that promises plenty of sold-out showings, it could be the season's breakout pretty-okay-second-choice film.

50
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
After concocting one tense crime at the beginning, the writers can't do any better than to imitate it later.

50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Watching The Italian Job in a theater makes you long for a fast-forward button - to skip past 90 eyeball-glazing minutes of generic caper plotting and cut to the chase, as it were.

50
USA Today
Mike Clark
Do yourself a favor and resist The Italian Job, a lazy and in-name-only remake of 1969's G-rated Michael Caine heist pic.

50
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
This version moves like a freight train, but suffers from a debilitating charm deficit. Wahlberg is no Michael Caine and Norton delivers what must be the sourest, most lifeless performance of his career to date.

50
Premiere
Scott Warren
There are popcorn pictures and there are microwave popcorn pictures. The Italian Job is best saved for the living room.

50
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
Zesty in a workmanlike sort of way, providing supporting henchmen Jason Statham and Mos Def with pleasingly unsensational characters given to subtle twitches of idiosyncrasy.

25
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
A triumph for the machines, more proof that we do indeed live in the Matrix.


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