Young businessman, Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover because he’s in love.
Possibly the most under-plotted, underwritten, over-photographed film of the year.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
There are a lot of good things.
– Renata Adler,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
rotten:
A sad product of its times.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
It's no doubt dated now, and the multiscreen graphics won't make any sense on a pan-and-scan video version, but this heist movie starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway was considered pretty hot stuff back in 1968.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
31 Oct 2007
fresh:
The Norman Jewison film tells a crackerjack story, well-tooled, professionally crafted and fashioned with obvious meticulous care.