Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane, and their utility man, Pinky Pincus, find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.
There's something offensive about how Mamet continues to win praise as a serious filmmaker with such a joyless picture, a picture that -- intentionally -- gives the audience so little.
– Charles Taylor,
Salon.com,
16 Nov 2001
fresh:
The movie is super fun, even if some of its tricks seem to strain credulity.
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
24 Nov 2001
rotten:
This cast is excellent. Heist, though, proves that enormously talented people can make a pretty lousy movie.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
27 Nov 2001
fresh:
I couldn't believe any of it on any level, though it could be described as 'fun.'