For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Absolutely amazing

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Rich executive Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) pulls off what he thinks is the perfect robbery. However insurance investigator Vicki Anderson (Faye Dunaway) knows he did it and wants to outwit him.Silly and light but fun. Full of beautiful settings, clothes and flashy cars. Beautifully directed by Norman Jewison who uses multiple screens effectively throughout the movie. Also it was shot on location in Boston which has never looked better on the screen. The story is too silly for words and loses steam towards the end but I still enjoyed it. Dunaway and McQueen are great and play off each other beautifully. Paul Burke is also good as a police officer assigned to the case. Light and fun. Recommended. There's an OK 1999 remake.

. . . with two legendary actors? Anyone who's under 40 who can't judge the film based on its own merit, has no sense of film.

McQueen was totally miscast in this otherwise good film. He is inelegant, bouncy and fragmented. The famous chess scene would have been marvelously played by Lee Van Cleef who could use his face better than any actor in the sixties. He was also elegant, authoritative and would have played the part with more detachment & class. He would have been a perfect match for the gorgeous Faye Dunaway, a woman who could bring even the intense Van Cleef to the bedroom. Too bad they never worked together--what a match. Paul Burke was terrific and the camera work was excellent. The music, however, dated the film as did McQueen wearing those awful sneakers when he left the house at night. All told, McQueen was entirely too shallow to play a bored millionaire.

The first time I tried to watch "The Thomas Crown Affair", I soon gave up. This is because the director, Norman Jewison, was being innovative and featured many of the scenes in multi-pane. In other words, two, three, four or even more things (sometimes MANY more) are going on at the same time on the screen in small screen shots. It's VERY tough to watch using an old standard television. Fortunately, I got to see this tonight on a very large HD TV--one large enough to take away a lot of my frustration. This is a film best seen this way or in a theater--and I would not see it on anything smaller than 42".When the film begins, you are assaulted with a song that was very popular back in the 1960s ("Windmills of Your Mind" by Noel Harrison). It even won an Oscar--but which is severely dated today. My advice--turn off the sound as the credits roll and play whatever song you like or sing to yourself or take a bathroom break. Just do NOT listen to "Windmills of Your Mind"! When the film begins, you see that Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) is a hugely successful and very rich man. Yet, inexplicably, he's also a man planning an enormous bank heist. And, as far as the robbery goes, it works like clockwork---and nets 2.6 million dollars! But, with no leads, the police and insurance folks are stumped. So, they call in an expert, Vicki Anderson (Faye Dunaway). She is supposed to be an incredibly brilliant investigator--a match for any crook. Can she manage to nab Thomas Crown? "The Thomas Crown Affair" is unique in a VERY crowded genre. While there have been tons of great caper films, this movie focuses very little on the robbery itself and much more on the plan to capture the crooks. And, this plan includes Vicki vamping Thomas Crown very, very, very slowly (sometimes too slowly). Oddly, she announces that she is going to catch him--something that is quite stylish as well as completely illogical.So how does this film stack up with such great films as "Rififi", "Grand Slam", "Bob Le Flambeur", "Le Deuxieme Soufflé", "The Asphalt Jungle", "The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three" (the original), "The League of Gentlemen", "Kansas City Confidential", "Oceans Eleven" (also the original) and "Odds Against Tomorrow"?! The bottom line is that ALL these films I just mentioned are great films--and by comparison, while "The Thomas Crown Affair" is good, it just doesn't stack up as well. This film is very, very stylish (with lots of costume changes and jet-set locales) but occasionally makes logical jumps. How does Vicki KNOW Thomas Crown committed the crime?! She just KNOWS. The same could go for her finding the driver for the caper--she just KNOWS. Also, while the heist is very well executed, ALL five guys are wearing sunglasses INSIDE a bank and this doesn't draw suspicion?! Fortunately, the film does end well and there is plenty to keep your interest. Not great but well done and very watchable.