A sturdily old-fashioned heist thriller that looks like a masterpiece of sheer competence next to the slovenly action-fantasy-F/X grab bags that have been passing for summer entertainment. Robert De Niro, gripping in his terse caution, is the veteran safecracker who agrees to team up with a brilliant and arrogant young thief (Edward Norton) for one Last Big Score. The movie offers the pleasure of seeing a master plan flawlessly executed as well as the equal and opposite pleasure of watching that plan go up in smoke. As De Niro's fence and comrade, Marlon Brando does a cross between Truman Capote and a very lordly elf.
EW's GRADE
B+Details Release Date: Jul 13, 2001; Rated: R; Length: 124 Minutes; Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama; With: Robert De Niro and Edward Norton; Distributor: Paramount Pictures
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