The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne

Name: The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 28, 2014
Duration: 74 min
Rating: 62

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| Release Date: May 28, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Find out how a poor, single, African-American mother from segregated 1930s America winds up as one of the world’s most notorious and fabled jewel thieves.

Director: Kirk Marcolina and Matthew Wilson Pond

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 74 min

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Alan Scherstuhl

May 27, 2014

It's part caper comedy, part revenge tale, and part glorious whopper. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

May 28, 2014

Directors Matthew Pond and Kirk Marcolina wisely keep this unrepentant charmer, in her 80s during filming, on-camera, save for when they’re interviewing fascinated writers and fed-up prosecutors. Read full review

Jen Chaney

May 28, 2014

To Pond and Marcolina’s credit, this isn’t just a character study of an ever-adventurous klepto-gran. The documentary also raises questions about whether a professional liar can ever really stop lying. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

May 27, 2014

More shakily, Payne’s obvious pathology isn’t probed as deeply as it should be. A jaunty musical score smooths over what might have been a tougher profile about an expert liar, to self included. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

May 28, 2014

The Life & Crimes of Doris Payne has an embarrassment of riches in Ms. Payne’s story, and it’s often a ripping good yarn, but, as a film, it lacks the nimbleness and resourcefulness of its subject. Read full review

Elise Nakhnikian

May 28, 2014

Even at 74 minutes, the documentary comes to feel arduous in its recycling of the same points and imagery, the filmmaking as plodding as its subject is polished. Read full review

John DeFore

May 29, 2014

Unfocussed editing and Mark Rivett's unimaginative score contribute to a lightweight feel that is best suited to TV viewing. Read full review

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