Heist
Metascore
66 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 33
  3. Negative: 2 out of 33
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  1. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Charles Taylor
    30
    There's something offensive about how Mamet continues to win praise as a serious filmmaker with such a joyless picture, a picture that -- intentionally -- gives the audience so little.
  2. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Gregory Weinkauf
    20
    With a movie like this, there's no risk of spoiling the ending, because the entire plot is merely a formality trudging toward a foregone conclusion. The viewer's biggest challenge is to survive fits of yawning so violent they could disrupt ornithic migratory patterns.

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5.1 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 9 out of 18
  1. TeeK
    10
    Best heist movie I have seen, though the pleasure is hidden in the details and the many twists and turns the plot takes. Heist rewards really only those viewers who pay attention, as if Mamet made a nice movie for the casual watcher and an excellent one for the detail-obsessed. Point in case (attention -here comes a spoiler): when the gold bars get molten into boat railings, the railings are solid, not hollow. At the end, when Hackman lets his wife and her lover steal the gold from him, they entices them to take the wrong ones - hollow tubes. This detail is typical for the whole movie. Overlooking such finesse lets a viewer underestimate and underrate Heist grossly.… Full Review »
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