Premiere
"...HEIST is an old-fashioned caper-flick about honor and the lack thereof....Mamet's direction is more fluid than it's ever been..." 09/01/2001 p.86-7Variety
"...Clever....Hackman brings the material considerable authority with a subdued, wily turn..." 09/10/2001 p.62 New York Times
"...Tight, snug and lovingly constructed....Mr. Mamet allows his eye to follow his ear and never lets his camera get in the way of the actors....It would be hard to imagine an actor more intelligent than Mr. Hackman..." 11/09/2001 p.E14 USA Today
"...[Featuring] a rock-solid Gene Hackman role and performance..." 11/09/2001 p.4E Total Film
"...The set-ups are impeccably orchestrated and the acting's full bodied..." 12/01/2001 p.91 Los Angeles Times
"...Mamet loves language, but he also admires the guys-doing-stuff beauty of well-executed, precisely timed physical maneuvers. Hackman and DeVito, in particular, savor their roles like medium-rare steaks..." 11/16/2001 p.144 Rolling Stone
"...Mamet gives the plot more twists than a bag of pretzels....HEIST delivers the kick of a job well done..." 11/08/2001 p.134 Chicago Sun-Times
"...The kind of caper movie that was made before special effects replaced wit, construction and intelligence..." 01/20/2002 p.6 Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
...[Hackman] and Lindo inhabit their characters so easily they distract from the plot twists by the simple sincerity with which they confront them. Their world-wise dialogue is like a magician's patter, directing our attention away from the artifice. - Roger Ebert
San Francisco Examiner 8 of 10
...tight, snug and lovingly constructed... packed with [Mamet's] skewed, compressed rendition of the American tough-guy vernacular and with game, gamy performances... It would be hard to imagine an actor more intelligent than Mr. Hackman--the overused word genius is not out of place... - A.O. Scott
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