: Thief
Author: Frank Hohimer (novel) and Michael Mann
Director: Michael Mann
This movie is similar to Heat, but I actually liked it better in some ways. It’s a simpler story, about a diamond thief who wants to have a normal life. James Caan was really good in the title role: he plays a smart but rather dumb guy. That’s realistic (most crooks are intelligent), but it’s a tricky task to pull off. In two or three scenes Tuesday Weld shines as his girlfriend. The movie is slow-paced at times, but it keeps building and grows more and more interesting as it goes along. It’s well-directed by Michael Mann (of “Miami Vice” fame). What I liked best was how realistic all the characters were: there’s good and bad within them all.
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