the Good Thief
Added 7/7/2009
A retread of Jean Pierre Melville's 1955 noir epic "Bob the Gambler" showcasing Nick Nolte's best performance yet. The story line is build around to rip off the heavily fortified Monte Carlo Casino with diversionary tactic to mislead all those who are watching, including the viewers. Great performances from excellent cast of international actors to make this movie very edgy picture.
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Thanks & Praise
Added 1/4/2009
"Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with Thee and He was definitely with Thee the day Thee created Ralph Fiennes. He is the most super hot guy to ever come out of England. Thank you for giving him the idea to become an actor who is willing to do nude scenes so that he can make films, like The Good Thief, and then I can buy the DVD and watch it over and over instead of having real relationships with real men, most of which don't even look like Ralph Fiennes. Lastly, I `d like to thank you for making Ralph have his hair long, having him rock a 5 o'clock shadow and then having him go completely mental in my favorite scene that I watch over and over again because I own the DVD of The Good Thief. Blessed be Ralph Fiennes forever and ever. And thanks for not letting John Mcain win. Amen."
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It is what it is
Added 10/8/2008
Nick Nolte's mumbling and asthmatic whispering will challenge your tv's sound system. Still, this heist flick is a cut above some others. Interesting unknown cast, though the plot about a casino art theft is something you'll think you've seen before. The scenes between Nolte and the teen Russian prostitute are very good. It's worth watching because it's higher quality that it could have been.
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Far from Ocean
Added 7/24/2007
Another heisty film on a heist in a casino on the French Riviera of course, in Monte Carlo to be more precise. That sounds like the Ocean gang, or Ocean's band , but it is not. Though the idea is the same, the cops are all ready to get the upper hand, but it all goes to the dogs because one sexually ambiguous gangster is afraid of some spiders and this leads the cops to leaving the Casino per se. So the safe is emptied and the boss who has been playing all the time wins big, real big, but his gang loses and it is the small youngish others who win. The world is no longer what it used to be. Apart from that the film lacks the humor Ocean has and the very hostile world that really plays it as a game and not as a war. But apart from that it is an acceptable entertainment though it will not change the face of the world nor the color of the moon.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine & University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne
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One of Nolte's Best
Added 3/11/2007
This flick is really one of his best. Most of the other actors are virtually unknown in the U.S., which is too bad because they really do a great job. Ralph Finnes has a tiny, but intense part in this that helps make it a really tense and sexy heist movie. It's kind of in the same vein as Ronin. It's also a lot of fun.
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