Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

That was an excellent one.

Overrated

A Masterpiece!

Synopsis: A Bored billionaire decides to entertain himself by stealing a Monet from a museum, an investigator from the museum's insurance company takes an interest in him and a complicated back-and-forth game with romantic undertones begins between them.Review: I just finished streaming this film on Netflix for the first time, and the title of my review says it all. This remake is boring, it has poor-pacing, and the overall story is just drab and stale. This romantic heist drama or whatever it's supposed to be is an hour and forty minutes too long. I did not enjoy this movie, the first 25 minutes or so is the only halfway decent part, the rest of the film is just plain awful. This cine has a rubbish plot, i have not seen the original, and after seeing this remake i don't want to see the original, hopefully the upcoming second remake will be better than this 90s version, but i doubt it.

This review CONTAINS SPOILERS, but to be fair it's pretty much impossible to spoil the experience of watching this turkey beyond what the movie itself achieves. To illustrate how bad this movie is I'd like to call your attention to one small scene. The film begins with a classic intricate heist of priceless art from a high-security museum. That plan is quickly revealed to be an elaborate cover for the real theft of one painting by uber-cool billionaire Thomas Crown, played by the steely-eyed wooden-expressioned Pierce Brosnan. The actual theft is facilitated by Crown's placing his briefcase to prevent an absurdly hefty security gate from fully closing on the room housing the painting. The briefcase is later shown to contain a highly engineered titanium structure built to sustain many tons of pressure. Keep that fact in mind.The female lead, Catherine Banning played by Rene Russo, quickly identifies Crown as the thief based on nothing in particular. Feminine intuition, perhaps? Anyway, she sets about trying to extract a confession from Crown by means of irresistible hotness which I'm sorry to say she's a bit too old and inept to carry off. The rest of the movie is basically a series of dream dates for Banning along the lines of Pretty Woman interspersed with scenes of her annoying the police and interfering with their investigation. The police official, Detective Mike McCann played by Dennis Leary, who for no apparent reason kowtows to the civilian Banning, is the most likable and believable major character in the film. Having seen Leary's real-life temperament, I found his portrayal of nice guy Detective McCann to be an impressive piece of acting.Now about that briefcase. If you watch the scene where Crown places it to block the security gate, you'll see that his hands are bare. Given the obvious design of the case as a tool for burglary, even the most plodding dullard of a police detective would have simply taken fingerprints from the case and thus been 95% of the way toward nabbing Crown. That step was never taken. Instead the police humor Banning and provide occasional relationship counseling as she parades herself in and out of a series of ridiculously opulent and/or see- through garments while enjoying her dates with, or agonizing over, Crown. Everything in the movie, IMHO, is just as poorly thought out and ineptly executed as the briefcase debacle. That holds true right down to the music and the disruptingly obvious product placement shot for a can of Pepsi One. The real crimes against art in this movie are the ones committed by the director, writers, actors, composer and musicians, and the real theft is of any time you might spend watching this travesty.

This is a film where I enjoyed the first half, but just didn't really get into it with the second half. I guess this is a film that most guys and girls can enjoy to a degree. Because there is something for both genders. There is that cool suave guy Thomas Crown played Pierce Brosnan doing what he does best, except he isn't a MI6 agent this time around. It's mostly what James Bond might do if he ever retired. So he is this rich and clever guy that lives on the edge, while attracting just about any women. And steals expensive art works during his spare time for the rush of it. And on his tail is this smart and articulate female detective who Crown has a bit of chemistry with. So the first half is this cat and mouse game with a bit of flare. Which I was really into, because the chemistry just seemed to work for the most part. Plus it was intriguing to watch the interactions between the two characters. But once the actual romance starts up with the rich guy just showing the woman a good time, it quickly becomes boring and started to drag in my opinion. Most women dream about turning a bad boy into a man that is just for her, especially if he is a handsome rich guy. And that is what this movie is, although I didn't really see why Crown would fall for the lead women in this movie. But I everyone has their preferences. So you want to watch a film about a topnotch classy Alpha male than this might be a film you might enjoy, for the first half anyways.6.5/10

It's been a long time since I saw the original, and, as far as a I remember it, this remake is about as good. It is different, but very much along the lines of the original. It's heresy to say this, but the "King of Cool", while being a charismatic movie star, wasn't a very convincing actor--to be honest, mostly a lot of squinting, scowling, and strutting mixed in with some open-faced innocence. McQueen had excellent taste in machinery though, which was reflected in many of his films and, as homage, is repeated here. This production has very high production values, but I thought Pierce Brosnan was way too smug and smarmy and not very likable, Rene Russo came off as a bit creepy, and the plot wasn't smooth and kind of stuttered along. Still it was OK and not a terrible waste of time or anything like that, and, as referenced earlier, being a remake of a Steve McQueen star vehicle, it had some nice stuff in it--a Bentley, racing day- sailing catamarans, a few other hot cars, and a sailplane. So, pretty much average movie, not bad, but not great either.