King of Thieves
StudioCanal | Release Date: January 25, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
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Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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13
Negative:
1
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75
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 29, 2022
This high-mileage/hard-mileage cast crackles and sells the conceit, that aged Brits — whom no one would suspect because Britain’s native-born criminal element long ago lost its initiative and its edge to “Albanians” and foreign imports — could pull this off. Read full review
75
ObserverRex ReedJan 29, 2019
British character actors are the best in the world, and King of Thieves provides a perfect example of why. Like the distaff side of today’s British royalty that includes Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Joan Plowright and Eileen Atkins, it’s a marvel to watch Caine, Courtenay, Broadbent and Gambon go at each other with an aplomb that dazzles. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattJan 30, 2019
Thieves feels oddly joyless — a mostly rote perp walk through the mechanics of unarmed robbery, sprinkled with occasional slapped-on signifiers of fun (wild camera angles, snazzy soundtrack, smash-cut flashbacks to Swinging London). Read full review
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