1999 · romance · drama · mystery
Entrapment
Directed by Jon Amiel1h 52m1999
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.
Our read: Entrapment (1999) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive romance · drama · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured romance / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
- tender
- twisty
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