The Good Thief
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: April 2, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
27
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Washington PostDesson Thomson
In the end, what started off as playful becomes tedious. Read full review
60
Film ThreatDarrin Keene
Nolte looks like a man with one foot in the grave and nothing to lose. He single-handedly rescues this caper flick from its own mediocre storyline. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The result is yet another remake that should send viewers scurrying to video stores for the original. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Nolte brings a raspy authority to the role, and director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) surrounds him with colorful characters. Read full review
50
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
The Good Thief merely adds a new tinct to the pathos of Jordan's career. Once again we see a director who is better than anything he has so far done. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Though it ultimately recovers, too much of The Good Thief forgets about Bob, and in the process the movie loses much of its allure and vividness. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
His movie (Jordan's) winnows the original's existentialist fable into a busy caper thriller, copping plot devices from Soderbergh's "Ocean's 11" and even straining to Wong Kar-wai its camera's way around the fleshpots of Nice. It's all pizzazz, and the pizzazz is all borrowed. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Of the original and the remake, only one film feels authentic, and it's not The Good Thief. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Promising as it seems in theory, everything in this new version, like Lena Lamont's image in "Singin' In the Rain," falls apart as soon as the talking starts. Read full review
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