| The Good Thief Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 2/4) |
| "The Good Thief" has all the elements for a superbly stylish, character-driven
Neil Jordan flick. It's got Nick Nolte, a jazzy score and beautiful Parisian
locations. It's got the right mood and the atmosphere of a noir/heist picture.
What it doesn't...more |
| The Good Thief Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C) |
| GOOD THIEF, THE (director/writer: Neil Jordan; screenwriters: Auguste Le
Breton/Jean-Pierre Melville; cinematographer: Chris Menges; editor: Tony Lawson;
music: Elliot Goldenthal; cast: Nick Nolte (Bob Montagnet), Tcheky Karyo
(Roger), Said Taghmaoi...more |
| The Good Thief Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
| PLOT:
An old-school American thief living in the South of France hits rock bottom,
saves a local prostitute and must now figure out how to get over his own heroin
addiction and money woes. For the former, he ties himself up to a bed for three
days and...more |
| The Good Thief Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "The Good Thief" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Inspired by Jean Pierre Melville's "Bob Le Flambeur," this clever
crime caper is chock full of duplicity and deception - which is not surprising
since writer/director Neil...more |
| The Good Thief Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 6/10) |
| The teaming of Neil Jordan and Nick Nolte is an interesting one, considering
the director only seems capable making a good film every other time out (his
most recent was The End of the Affair), while the actor has been able to
successfully carry a film...more |
| The Good Thief Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| # stars based on 4 stars: 2.5
Reviewed by: Harvey Karten
Fox Searchlight Pictures/Alliance Atlantis
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Written by: Neil Jordan
Cast: Nick Nolte, Tcheky Karyo, Said Taghmaoui, Nutsa
Kukhianidze, Gerard Darmon, Marc Lavoine, Ralph...more |
| The Good Thief Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| THE GOOD THIEF, written and directed by Neil Jordan, is a near miss that is
frequently too clever for its own good. A tone poem about an old thief, the
production is consistently more beautiful than the story is interesting. Its
shots of the Riviera at...more |
| The Good Thief Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 1.5/4) |
| Set in a Philadelphia working-class neighborhood, R.T. Herwig's THE GOOD THIEF
is an uneventful story about a newly released convict. Glacially paced, only
the film's artificial atmospherics have any hope of keeping most viewers'
attention. The picture...more |
