The Art of the Steal (2013)
Storyline
Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen to rewrite some chapters of his own past as well.
Directors
Cast
Stephen McHattie, Kurt Russell, Jay Baruchel, Terence Stamp, Jason Jones, Joe Pingue, Kenneth Welsh, Katheryn Winnick, Devon Bostick, Matt Dillon, Alan C. Peterson, Elle Downs, Eugene Lipinski, Jasmin Geljo, Chris Diamantopoulos, Karyn Dwyer, Dax Ravina, Rob de Leeuw, Christopher Dyson, Vieslav Krystyan, Maria Lerinman, Camilla Scott, Jon Steinberg, Juan Carlos Velis, Mike Wilmot, Scott McCrickard, K. Trevor Wilson
Trailer
Reviews
75
A thoroughly enjoyable caper that doesn’t outstay its welcome.
70
Enjoyable heist pic is more talk than action.
70
Village Voice
The Art of the Steal doesn't advance the nerdy intertextuality that has distinguished ironic crime films since Guy Ritchie, but writer-director Jonathan Sobol knows the ropes.
67
Buried underneath the movie’s many layers of pulp fluff and knucklehead comedy is a compelling take on why people are drawn to familiar, generic pleasures—self-aware caper comedies, for instance. Perhaps it’s buried too deeply for its own good.
60
The actors give it punch, but in the grand scheme of caper comedies, The Art of the Steal is more breathlessly imitative than authentic.
