DVD Review: Good Thief, The (C-)

The Good Thief
Directed by Neil Jordan
Starring Nick Nolte, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Ouassini Embarek, Tchéky Karyo and Marc Lavoine
MPAA: R
Grade: C-

Review by Scott Standish

The Good Thief is about as cliché as a heist film can get and yet it still has a certain allure to it. Neil Jordan (director of the excellent films The Crying Game and Interview With The Vampire) tries to punch up the mix with lots of drugs and sex, but nowadays, that's not that original either.

Nick Nolte (god bless him) is horribly miscast as Bob, a junkie in the South of France that comes of out of gangster retirement for one last score. He is being chased by a hooker with a heart of gold named Anne who helps him detox just in time for his heist of a lifetime. Nolte does a good job with what he has to work with, but let's face it - it's hard to buy the grizzled cop from San Francisco as a suave gambling con man in France.

The Good Thief has a nice look to it, and the young actress Nutsa Kukhianidze was very good. If you love heist thrillers I guess you could give this one a shot, but don't expect too much.

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