2013 · comedy · crime · heist
The Art of the Steal
Directed by Jonathan Sobol1h 30m2013
Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen to rewrite some chapters of his own past as well.
Our read: The Art of the Steal (2013) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · crime · heist entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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