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By Mike Clark (1,024) for USA Today (4,117) on 18 Nov 2019

At two and a half hours, it's a bit too long, but it's probably the most emotionally authentic film noir since The Grifters…

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By Edward Guthmann (364) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 21 Oct 2017

Coming on the heels of Ma Saison Preferee, Thieves suggests that Techine is filling the void left by the deaths of Truffaut and Louis Malle,…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Apr 2017

An exquisite, haunting movie for grown-ups about love and family ties…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 02 Oct 2012

Téchiné's development of Alex and Marie is masterful; Auteuil and Deneuve keep our attention riveted to the screen whenever they're on…

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By Jay Carr (837) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 02 Oct 2010

Like many French movies, in the retelling this one boils down to an unremittingly silly set of characters and situations…

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By Leonard Klady (141) for Variety (12,700) on 09 Nov 2009

An abrupt change of pace from Wild Reeds, director Andre Techine's Cannes-competing Thieves (Les Voleurs) elevates a seemingly routine police…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 19 Feb 2007

Thieves doesn't have the Hollywood kind of ending, where everything is sorted out by who gets shot. It is about the people, not their plot…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 19 Jun 2006

A gallon of grade-A filmmaking fuel squandered on unoriginal material, but serious moviegoers will want to take a look…

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By Kevin Thomas (1,201) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 20 Apr 2005

The cumulative effect in Thieves is quite haunting…

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Film critics gave Thieves (1996) an average score of 84%, indicating generally very positive reviews.

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