The Good Thief (film)

2002 film by Neil Jordan

  • 6 September 2002 (2002-09-06) (Toronto)
  • 28 February 2003 (2003-02-28) (Ireland)
  • 7 March 2003 (2003-03-07) (United Kingdom)
  • 4 April 2003 (2003-04-04) (United States)
  • 11 April 2003 (2003-04-11) (Canada)
Running time
108 minutesCountriesUnited Kingdom
France
IrelandLanguageEnglishBudget$30 million[3]Box office$5,756,945[3]

The Good Thief is a 2002 crime thriller film written and directed by Neil Jordan. It is a remake of the French film Bob le flambeur (1955) by Jean-Pierre Melville. The film, shot in both Monaco and Nice, France, follows a heroin-addicted retired thief through the setup and completion of one last job.

Cast

  • Nick Nolte as Bob Montagnet
  • Emir Kusturica as Vladimir
  • Nutsa Kukhianidze as Anne
  • Tchéky Karyo as Roger
  • Saïd Taghmaoui as Paulo
  • Patricia Kell as Yvonne
  • Gérard Darmon as Raoul
  • Julien Maurel as Philippe
  • Sarah Bridges as Philipa
  • Ralph Fiennes as Tony Angel (uncredited)

Reception

The film received mostly positive reviews. Critic Roger Ebert notes of Nolte: "it is clear, that he was born to play Bob. It is one of those performances that flows unhindered from an actor's deepest instincts."[4]

Reviewer Pam Grady, writing for Reel.com, also praised the film: "The Good Thief has many virtues, beginning with the sheer wit of Jordan's screenplay and Chris Menges's neon-saturated cinematography that renders Nice both beautiful and sinister, trapping the characters in the glare of its lights. The heist itself is a complicated affair — Jordan took Melville's original idea and added a distinctly 21st-century twist — and all the more satisfying for it."[5]

The film holds a 77% 'fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 146 reviews, and an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Bolstered by Nolte's strong performance, The Good Thief brims with seductive style."[6] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 68 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]

Soundtrack

The film's score was composed by Elliot Goldenthal.

References

  1. ^ "The Good Thief (2002)". BBFC. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. ^ "The Good Thief (2003)". UniFrance. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b The Good Thief at Box Office Mojo
  4. ^ "The Good Thief". RogerEbert.com. Ebert Digital LLC. 11 April 2003. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  5. ^ "The Good Thief (2002)". Reel.com. 9 May 2005. Archived from the original on 9 May 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. ^ "The Good Thief". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. 16 April 2003. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ^ The Good Thief at Metacritic Edit this at Wikidata

External links

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Works by Neil Jordan
Films directed
  • Angel (1982)
  • The Company of Wolves (1984)
  • Mona Lisa (1986)
  • High Spirits (1988)
  • We're No Angels (1989)
  • The Miracle (1991)
  • The Crying Game (1992)
  • Interview with the Vampire (1994)
  • Michael Collins (1996)
  • The Butcher Boy (1997)
  • In Dreams (1999)
  • The End of the Affair (1999)
  • Not I (2000)
  • The Good Thief (2002)
  • Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
  • The Brave One (2007)
  • Ondine (2009)
  • Byzantium (2012)
  • Greta (2018)
  • Marlowe (2022)
TV series created
  • The Borgias (2011–2013)
  • Riviera (2017–2020)
Books
  • Night in Tunisia
  • Shade
  • Mistaken