Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

NateWatchesCoolMovies Heist flicks are sneaky affairs, but that doesn't mean that awesome ones like The Art Of The Steal should just tiptoe past everyone's radar with no hubbub. When subpar stuff like Now You See Me is breaking waves and this one collects dust before a year since it's release, you know somethin ain't right. It's actually probably just budgeting and marketing, to chalk it up simply. Despite the cast (what a lineup) this one barely made a blip on the sonar when it came out a couple years ago. It's great fun, with a crusty lead performance from Kurt Russell as Crunch Calhoun, an ageing motorcycle daredevil who used to moonlight as an art thief. He is lured out of 'retirement' by his sleazy brother Nicky (Matt Dillon crosses off another notch on the old scumbag belt with this role) with the proposition of one last score, involving his old crew and the theft of a historical artifact owned by a hilarious Terence Stamp. Other members of their crew include a crafty Jay Baruchel and Kenneth Welsh as salty ladies man Uncle Paddy. Twists and turns lace the plot, as they should in these types of films, but it's the bawdy sense of humour that won me over. More than anything else this is a comedy, situational in nature and willing to give each weirdo of the bunch their own demented moment to shine. It's Russel's show though, a burnt out Evel Knievel type of dude who gets a face full of nonsense from his brother, edging him to the end of his rope. Russell owns it, egged on by the raucous chorus of characters accompanying him, and the nasty arc from Dillon that is the only piece which subverts the mostly lighthearted tone. Fun, little seen stuff that deserves a wider audience.

Bob An This is a very entertaining movie! Every minute of it is interesting and I really enjoyed it a lot! It is fun and has a great story with a twist towards the end!I like art and movies about art theft are very interesting to me. This one had a Gaughuin and Seurat. But it is not a movie about the paintings but about the people behind the theft. I liked how they portrayed the 'minds' behind the operation. And they did shine alight on what are people's motives for the theft : money, art itself, fame.I found it was quite interesting that they told the story of Mona Lisa theft at the beginning of XX century. I read a book about it and remembered it while they were talking about the poor Italian who stole Mona Lisa.I also found it very nice that they did what they did with the original painting in the movie! I can imagine what a joy is to hold a masterpiece!This movie is not a masterpiece in its genre, but it is next best thing! I recommend!

Dom Nickson Spoiler Alert!!! Last night I was excited to see that Kurt Russell was back in action. I was really interested in seeing how his age would affect his ability to do action movies. I was really expecting a good intense action movie about them heisting a bank or an art gallery or something. Boy, was I disappointed at how long and boring this movie was. I mean it had it's moments where it was funny and all, but this movie is the most boring movie about robbers I have ever seen. It's sad because it really was a missed opportunity at something that could have been interesting and entertaining. I was so bored that I couldn't even watch the other half of the movie. It's such a shame that the writers probably didn't even bother to understand that a true audience wouldn't want to see a movie about a heist that takes too long to get to the point. The audience all probably fell asleep dreaming of a better movie like my mother, father, and brother did. It did have some funny moments and lines like I said before, but the rest of the movie is boring build up, I give it a 4 out of 10.

Uriah43 After committing an art heist and subsequently being betrayed in Poland "Crunch Calhoun" (Kurt Russell) is sentenced to seven years in prison. Once he gets out he is left with very few options so in order to pay his bills he eventually becomes a motorcycle daredevil. Then one day he decides to return to his life of crime and enlists the help of an old colleague named "Paddy MacCarthy" (Kenneth Welsh). Not long afterward his disreputable brother "Nicky Calhoun" (Matt Dillon) also joins the group which now consists of Crunch's wife, "Lola Calhoun" (Katheryn Winnick), Crunch's apprentice "Francie Tobin" (Jay Baruchel) and another old acquaintance by the name of "Guy de Cornet" (Chris Diamantopoulos). Together they plan to steal a painting by Georges Seurat known as "Model from the Back" which is inadvertently being stored at a heavily secured customs storage facility on the Canadian-American border. Now rather than reveal any more of the movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this film has a both a little comedy and a few surprise twists to keep things interesting. Unfortunately, there wasn't much chemistry between the actors and the plot wasn't nearly as coherent as it should have been which hurt the film overall. That said, although it was adequate enough to fill the time, it clearly wasn't as good as it could have been and because of that I rate it as about average.