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The Italian Job (2003)

The Italian Job
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Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Edward Norton

The plan was flawless...the job was executed perfectly...the escape was clean. The only threat mastermind thief Charlie Croker never saw coming was from a member of his own crew. After pulling off an amazing gold bullion heist from a heavily guarded palazzo in Venice, Italy, Charlie and his gang -- ... (read more)

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73% liked it
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PG-13, 1 hr. 44 min.
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Release Date: May 30, 2003
DVD Release Date: Oct 07, 2003

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2 hours ago
Would like to see the original.
13 hours ago
why do they keep remaking the classics its bollocks
1 day ago
An okay (but still moderately fun) heist film. The original is better, and Norton delivers probably the most disinterested performance of his career, but it's not a bad movie.
1 day ago
Such a smart movie, love it.
2 days ago
originals far better

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2372 days ago
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
A tricked-out remake of a heist flick that was already flat and formulaic in 1969.
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2377 days ago
David Edelstein, Slate
A pandering, debased, generic little nothing of a movie. And I'm still trying to figure out why I loved it so inordinately.
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2378 days ago
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
This is pure entertainment but smart entertainment, plotted and executed with invention and humor and acted by a winning cast radiating good-movie energy.
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2378 days ago
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This is just the movie for two hours of mindless escapism on a relatively skilled professional level.
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2378 days ago
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Small and steady, it wins the race with brains, not brawn.
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