Heist (2001) Critic Reviews
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Heist is a pleasure to watch, and the greatest pleasure is to watch Mr. Lindo and Mr. Hackman steal it.Read the full review
The thinking person's caper flick, with its endlessly clever plotting revealing character under the utmost pressure.Read the full review
Mamet -- crafts tangy, well-seasoned dialogue that a good cast can feast on. And this cast is prime.Read the full review
Mamet doesn't just give us an enthralling heist flick, he makes the language something to savor. You're biting your nails with your ears peeled.Read the full review
Mamet loves two things: scams and dialogue. This movie is rich with both.Read the full review
The kind of caper movie that was made before special effects replaced wit, construction and intelligence. This movie is made out of fresh ingredients, not cake mix. Despite the twists of its plot, it is about its characters.Read the full review
With an actor as great as Gene Hackman in the lead, a lot of scenes even breathe.Read the full review
An exciting caper, though sometimes a trying one, with great dollops of self-parodying dialogue that will test your loyalty to Mr. Mamet's way with words.Read the full review
Not only reminds us that there's a little larceny in all of us, it reminds us how much fun it can be to commune with our inner thieves.Read the full review
If it's not up to the cups-and-balls elegance of previous Mamet movies like ''The Spanish Prisoner'' and ''House of Games,'' if it piles on more psychological fake-outs than is safe in a setup this size -- well, at least it's got that talk, that language, that thing Mamet does that is at this point as identifiable as the cadences of the Bard.Read the full review
