The Italian Job (2003) Critic Reviews

Norton is unapologetic and unflappable in his part. Slimy and vaguely nerdy, he's become the thinking man's thug, even if this character's Armani-wear is better tailored than his psychology. Read the full review

This is just the movie for two hours of mindless escapism on a relatively skilled professional level. Read the full review

There's a fair amount of filler in The Italian Job, but it all boils down to the big heist, which has been staged as if it were Fort Knox being robbed by Evel Knievel. Read the full review

A fast and furious action-adventure. The film's comedy counts for as much as the clever and risky ways in which Wahlberg and company go after the nasty Norton, who has holed up in a Bel-Air mansion with a world-class security system. Read the full review

The Italian Job isn't a masterpiece, but it gets the job done.Read the full review

A triumph for the machines, more proof that we do indeed live in the Matrix. Read the full review

This is pure entertainment but smart entertainment, plotted and executed with invention and humor and acted by a winning cast radiating good-movie energy. Read the full review

A pandering, debased, generic little nothing of a movie. And I'm still trying to figure out why I loved it so inordinately. Read the full review

Less giddy and more cohesive than the original, the film doesn't waste time, plunging almost directly into a spectacular heist. Read the full review