Review of Heist (2001) by Mark P — 15 May 2008

David Mamet is the master of tough-guy dialogue.

This review of Heist (2001) was written by Mark P on 15 May 2008.

Heist has generally received positive reviews.

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By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 18 Sep 2014

Mamet doesn't just give us an enthralling heist flick, he makes the language something to savor. You're biting your nails with your ears peeled…

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By Todd L (480) on 30 Nov 2013

The movie is unbelievable with a capital LIE but the Mamet action and dialogue are so over the top it's hard to resist especially with the score…

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By Jay Carr (837) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 21 Apr 2017

If it's not up to the cups-and-balls elegance of previous Mamet movies like ''The Spanish Prisoner'' and ''House of Games,'' if it piles on…

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By Anthony T (639) on 08 Jul 2012

Got this for 3 dollars... It was pretty awesome…

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By Matthew D (1,591) on 02 Sep 2015

Starts off alright, but honestly gets incredibly boring after a while, which for a suspense film is the kiss of death…

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By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 22 Jul 2013

Heist is a neat, bouncy, minor-key crime procedural that shakes no rafters…

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By Robert N (248) on 04 Aug 2012

By the end, I developed twist fatigue. There had been so many layers of cons within cons, I didn't care when the last one was revealed…

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By Sean P (1,027) on 13 Feb 2014

I like David Mamet as far as he goes. The problem is that he's so bad at establishing setting in his films…

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By Huw G (575) on 14 Apr 2014

Heist (David Mamet, 2001) [originally posted 26Nov2001] Beware: if you go to see a David Mamet film expecting a linear time, you're going to…

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By Bret B (134) on 05 Aug 2012

It appears to me from the reviews that critics didn't like it it was too predictable and the audience didn't like it because it was too involved…

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