The Good Thief (film)

The Good Thief
Directed by	Neil Jordan
Written by	Neil Jordan
Produced by	Seaton McLean John Wells Stephen Woolley Neil Jordan
Starring	Nick Nolte Emir Kusturica Nutsa Kukhianidze
Cinematography	Chris Menges
Edited by	Tony Lawson
Music by	Elliot Goldenthal
Production company	Alliance Atlantis
Distributed by	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release dates	6 September 2002 (2002-09-06) (Toronto) 28 February 2003 (2003-02-28) (Ireland) 7 March 2003 (2003-03-07) (United Kingdom) 4 April 2003 (2003-04-04) (United States) 11 April 2003 (2003-04-11) (Canada)
Running time	108 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom France Ireland
Language	English
Budget	$30 million
Box office	$5,756,945

The Good Thief is a 2002 British-French-Irish crime thriller film starring Nick Nolte, Emir Kusturica, and Nutsa Kukhianidze, and directed by Neil Jordan. It is a remake of the 1955 French film Bob le flambeur by Jean-Pierre Melville. The film, shot in both Monaco and Nice, France, follows a heroin addicted retired thief through the setup and completion of one last job.

Cast

• Nick Nolte as Bob Montagnet
• Emir Kusturica as Vladimir
• Nutsa Kukhianidze as Anne
• Tchéky Karyo as Roger
• Saïd Taghmaoui as Paulo
• Patricia Kell as Yvonne
• Gérard Darmon as Raoul
• Julien Maurel as Philippe
• Sarah Bridges as Philipa
• Ralph Fiennes (uncredited) as Tony Angel

Reaction

The film received mostly positive reviews. Critic Roger Ebert notes of Nolte: "it is clear that he was born to play Bob. It is one of those performances that flows unhindered from an actor's deepest instincts."

Reviewer Pam Grady, writing for Reel.com, also praised the film: "The Good Thief has many virtues, beginning with the sheer wit of Jordan's screenplay and Chris Menges's neon-saturated cinematography that renders Nice both beautiful and sinister, trapping the characters in the glare of its lights. The heist itself is a complicated affair — Jordan took Melville's original idea and added a distinctly 21st-century twist — and all the more satisfying for it."

The film holds a 77% 'fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus "Bolstered by Nolte's strong performance, The Good Thief brims with seductive style."

Soundtrack

Main article: The Good Thief (soundtrack)

The film's score was composed by Elliot Goldenthal.

External links

• The Good Thief at IMDb
• The Good Thief at AllMovie
• The Good Thief at Box Office Mojo
• The Good Thief at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Good Thief at Metacritic