Thieves Like Us
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Movie Reviews of Thieves Like Us
Movie Review: Altman's unique, thoughtful and humanistic vision of 1930s gangesters
Summary: 5 Stars
I teetered between 4 and 5 stars on this. A gentle, slow, and moving study of some none-too-bright bank robbers in the 1930s. Keith Carradine and Shelly Duvall are terrific, and their scenes together are alive and wonderful. Some of the surrounding acting and storylines are good, but not nearly as strong as the films center. Beautiful production design, and a feeling, as with `McCabe and Mrs. Miller', of both tremendous reality, of `being there', while still feeling Brechtian and ironic at the same time. There are moments where the radio music in the background -- used in place of score - is a bit on the nose, and a few moments feel forced or slow. But this is a unique, odd and special movie, examining thieves in the depression without any hint of glamorization on one hand, or forced empathy on the other, while still breaking our hearts.Movie Review: Another Altman Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Nice to see this classic finally get a DVD release in the US. Altman was at the top of his game in the early 70s (between MASH and Nashville) and this movie fits in perfectly alongside such classics as McCabe & Mrs Miller, The Long Goodbye and California Split. Great performances from Shelley Duvall and Keith Carradine dominate this gangster film that's much more interested in the two young lovers than in bullets or blood.
A must-see for all Altman fans. For collectors, be forewarned by the short shelf-life of the California Split DVD and grab your copy now.
Movie Review: realistic
Summary: 5 Stars
In general, robert altman is amazing with the realism of his films and this is no exception. One feels as if you are an observer in the time period and you can "feel" the emotions of the players. The actors are not made to be "pretty" as many of the big budget/big star products. They are, once again, realistic faced with issues of the times.
The film is depressing reflecting a depressing period in america. I would recommend the film to anyone that enjoys the gangster era of bonnie & clyde.
Movie Review: Slow-moving 'Thieves' finally captured on DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
"Thieves" is getting its first U.S. release on DVD. Robert Altman convinced UA to finance the pet project by promising to do its country music project "Nashville" (which the studio later discarded!).
Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall star in the tale of some 1930s band robbers who are just plain folks, unless they're packing heat. The movie's leisurely narrative means a lot of the time we're lying low with the gang (Carradine, John Schuck and Bert Remsen), playing with the kids and watching the dishes get washed. In a great touch, the soundtrack is made up of radio shows from the era, like "The Shadow." "The pace is different than you'd do (today)," Altman says in an equally leisurely DVD commentary recorded in the mid-'90s. "Unless it was a film out of Europe or something."
Altman recruited cinematographer Jean Boffety, in part because the Frenchman actually was excited about photographing backwoods Mississippi. Altman went in for a lot of "screendoor" atmospherics and dewy greens. "It feels like an old movie," the director observed, watching it two decades later. Also, "These people (onscreen lovers Carradine and Duvall) weren't big stars." The story came from the novel by Edward Anderson, which Altman and screenplay collaborator Joan Tewkesbury followed closely. Then, it was off to "Nashville."
The DVD looks just OK. Audio is fine.
Movie Review: Another Altman Gem
Summary: 4 Stars
I would have loved the pitch meeting for this film. I'm sure the studio honchoes had "Bonnie and Clyde" dancing in their heads with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway and a ballet of bullets. Their jaws must have dropped when they got...Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall. All kidding aside this Depression era bankrobber saga is a great mood piece. Director Robert Altman isn't so much concerned with the visceral but with charaterization. Carradine and Duvall are certainly fine as our perfunctory "protagonists" but the real story is the supporting players. John Shuck is great as Carradine's moody hard drinking co-hort. Bert Remsen is even better as a gimpy banrobber who after every bank job adds five more to his running count. Louise Fletcher is understatement personified as a motel owner who shelters the crew. "Thieves Like Us" is definitely a picture worth checking out. Bring on "Brewster McCloud". As a sidebar, the cover photo on the DVD is sure misleading. I can't remember Shelley Duvall wearing anything but a dowdy dress throughout the whole movie.
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