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100So what is there to like about this show? The same thing there was to like about "The Sopranos" and "The Shield" - great writing, insanely good acting, deeply troubled and deeply layered characters and a plot that will keep you glued to your seat.
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90"Thief" pays homage to all the conventions of a traditional thriller and weaves into it complicated issues of guilt, race and family. It's a little like some of the better dramas on HBO, but finds its own unorthodox way.
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90A stand-up, standout piece of work, one that works wonders on a seemingly tired genre.
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90Creator-writer Norman Morrill's drama is so taut and his approach to the genre so sharp that the only significant complaint is that the first "season" is only six episodes.
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88"Thief" brims with strong, potent performances.
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83Braugher [has] never been better... rarely has a character hopped onto the screen feeling so completely real. [31 Mar 2006, p.51]
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80Thief is in a different league, simultaneously intense and flamboyant, propelled by Braugher, who's even better here than in Homicide: Life on the Street.
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80The storytelling and performances are peerless in their intensity.... At the same time, there may be too much going on here for six episodes to do this show justice.
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80Like plots on "Hustle," "24" and "The Shield," there's a bit of incredulousness that comes with each caper. But with persuasive writing, sharp visuals and editing, as well as a steady directorial hand, "Thief" is always convincing.
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80Braugher's performance as Atwater is intense, scary, seductive and astonishing in its range of emotions. It leaves little doubt that he is still among the best actors ever to grace the medium.
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75The minute "Thief" begins running tonight on cable's FX, television reclaims its best actor.
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75"Thief" doesn't levitate with genre-busting genius, but it is very FX, which means it's very real and well executed, a series that doesn't pander.
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75[A] smart, hard-edged new crime drama.
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75"Thief" is a worthy addition to [FX's] schedule.
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70Hopefully this overkill of plot twists is just series finale syndrome in reverse--an opening-episode gambit to snag viewers--and the show will settle down to work on its more subtle elements.
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70It benefits immensely from the presence of Braugher, at long last in a role that, like that of Det. Frank Pembleton on "Homicide: Life on the Street," suits his particular intensity.
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70"Thief" offers strong moments aplenty, but what it lacks are strong connections, both between those moments and among some of its characters.
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63This is all well done, and it's a great-looking production, but the weight of the drama keeps tugging toward a side plot about Braugher's 14-year-old stepdaughter. [10 Apr 2006, p.35]
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60Watching Braugher, who won an Emmy for Homicide, proves highly satisfying. But there's a big hitch: the maddening show around him.
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60The show would probably be too ponderous to enjoy if Braugher weren't an actor of tremendous restraint.
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60It requires a certain patience to stay with "Thief."
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60As a character study of one man, "Thief" works, but it's going to take a lot more than that to pull us into this very dark, very unforgiving story.
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50We don't yet know if Thief will go anywhere surprising.
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30Bores by being relentlessly glum.
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30It walks the walk of Important Series Television, but no matter how hard it tries to be gutsy and existential, it rings hollow.
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path10This was a GREAT show, to bad it had to end.
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AkeishaW10
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Anna9I think this was a pretty good show, I watched every episode some were better than others and I was looking foward to a 2nd season!