Fresh
A slick Chicago crime-drama with a well-developed sense of pathos running throughout.
Variety Staff, Variety
Thief
Tonight, his take home pay is $410,000... tax free.
1981 · 2h 3m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Michael Mann
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Thief
Overview
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.
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Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A philosophical thriller filled with modernist cool.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
It's one of those films where you feel the authority right away: This movie knows its characters, knows its story, and knows exactly how it wants to tell us about them.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Mr. Mann may well become a very good theatrical film maker but, among other things, he's going to have to learn how to edit himself, to resist the temptation to allow dialogue that is colorful to turn, all of a sudden, into deep, abiding purple.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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