Rotten
Comic touches are obvious and broad, while helmer Joe Menendez lacks the essential energy for a vital heist entertainment.
Robert Koehler, Variety
To Rob a Thief
2007 · 1h 38m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Directed by
Joe Menendez
Overview
Emilio, a Colombian con man, arrives in LA with two weeks to complete his plan to rob a former colleague, Claudio Silvestrini, who's made a fortune using infomercials to peddle snake oil to Latin immigrants. Emilio's friend Alejandro, who sells pirated DVDs, has assembled a team of amateurs, who, as Alejandro says, will go unnoticed because they're immigrants. The team must gain entry to Silvestrini's well-guarded mansion, steal two keys to access a vault, and then get the money off the property. A father and his tomboy daughter, a nervous Cuban actor, a techie, and a muscle man make up the team, plus Alejandro has been courting Silvestrini's nanny. Will they be enough?
Director and cast
- Joe Menendez Director
- Fernando Colunga as Alejandro Toledo
- Miguel Varoni as Emilio Lopez
- Saúl Lisazo as Moctesuma 'Mocte' Valdez
- Ivonne Montero as Rafaela
- Oscar Torre as Miguelito
- Rubén Garfias as Rafa
- Gabriel Soto as Anival Cano
- Julie Gonzalo as Gloria
- Joe Menendez as Camera Guy
- JoJo Henrickson as Julio Miranda
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This film is like Ocean's Eleven if directed by Robin Hood and financed by Telemundo.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh
The con they carefully plan is perilous and close to impossible, but the outcome is surprisingly heart-warming and satisfying.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Rotten
Needlessly complicated and kind of silly.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
The movie is primarily about fantasy, and everything is exaggerated to such a degree that you play along.
Peter Debruge, Miami Herald
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