Heist has so many twists that I began to expect the unexpected, which ruined the movie.

| Original Score: D | Apr 1, 2025

...Heist benefits substantially from a narrative bursting with surprising twists and plot developments...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 23, 2022

A cold-blooded neo-noir thriller as only Mamet could make them.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 22, 2022

When so few heist movies occupy but cannot overcome the subgenre’s blueprint, Mamet’s Heist remains as singular as its title.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 15, 2022

We watch a movie like 'Heist' for the virtuosity of the execution, for the wit with which Mamet writes his way through the conventions, and the pleasure his actors take in chewing on his dialogue, in all of its repetition, shop talk, and artful profanity.

| Nov 12, 2016

It's one of Mamet's best. It's also one of Hackman's best, most mercurial performances.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 29, 2015

Captivating David Mamet movie for grownups.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 24, 2010

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 27, 2007

[Mamet] is a giant in several areas, but I'm not sure moviemaking is one of them.

| Original Score: C | Sep 17, 2007

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Structured as a trick within a trick within a trick, Mamet's latest contribution to film noir is a mildly entertaining crimer that nonetheless exposes his strenuous efforts to outsmart the audience.

| Original Score: C | Dec 5, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

This is a world not unlike superhero comics, only in this world the heroes have the superhuman ability to knock down buildings with a split-second comeback line.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Dec 6, 2004

Como em todo roteiro escrito por Mamet, os dilogos so excelentes e a trama engenhosa - mas desta vez o excesso de reviravoltas acaba comprometendo o resultado final.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 9, 2003

The methodical planning of the caper is completely mesmerizing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 19, 2003

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 8, 2003

Your typical heist film with a few improvements.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 29, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 8, 2002

Heist is better than The Score, not because it is more surprising or the actorly turns by the principals better realized, but simply because it is better written and the direction is more fluid.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Oct 30, 2002

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 30, 2002