Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.
A glossy, slick caper that critics were largely skeptical of, with the underdeveloped plot and the considerable age gap between Connery and Zeta-Jones drawing the most fire. Where critics diverged was on whether the film's style and set-pieces were enough to compensate — a notable minority found the action sequences and Zeta-Jones's screen presence genuinely entertaining, while the majority felt the mechanics never added up to much.
“It works because it is made stylishly. The plot is put together like a Swiss watch that keeps changing time zones: It is accurate and misleading at once. The film consists of one elaborate caper sequence after another, and it rivals the Bond films in its climactic action sequence.”
Roger Ebert·RogerEbert.com
“There's a tummy-churning tradition of pensionable movie blokes getting paired up with beautiful babes...”
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Romance, Drama, Mystery
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.
A glossy, slick caper that critics were largely skeptical of, with the underdeveloped plot and the considerable age gap between Connery and Zeta-Jones drawing the most fire. Where critics diverged was on whether the film's style and set-pieces were enough to compensate — a notable minority found the action sequences and Zeta-Jones's screen presence genuinely entertaining, while the majority felt the mechanics never added up to much.
“It works because it is made stylishly. The plot is put together like a Swiss watch that keeps changing time zones: It is accurate and misleading at once. The film consists of one elaborate caper sequence after another, and it rivals the Bond films in its climactic action sequence.”
Roger Ebert·RogerEbert.com
“There's a tummy-churning tradition of pensionable movie blokes getting paired up with beautiful babes...”
OK!
Romance, Drama, Mystery