Stolen is ultimately too lightweight and indecisive -- ironic, for a film ostensibly about people in thrall to an all-consuming passion.

Full Review | Nov 2, 2006

In telling the story of an unsolved crime, they use every trick available to awaken and prolong suspense before a payoff that never comes.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 1, 2006

Composer Peter Golub adds swooning suspense, while cinematographer Albert Maysles, who has documented many Christo projects, frames rendezvous with tipsters tempted by the $5 million reward.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 14, 2006

Captures a great yearning among many different people across time, all affected by Gardner and her legacy, especially those parts now missing.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 30, 2006

That it never quite reaches an 'Aha!' moment is the movie's chief flaw, as we have been set up to expect answers.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 30, 2006

In the end, we're treated to an overture of possibilities rather than a satisfying film.

| Jun 22, 2006

A spooky new documentary that you'll see for its central mystery (who stole those paintings from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 16 years ago?), but you'll stay for the ghost story.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 12, 2006

Whatever the outcome of all this hugger-mugger, as yet unresolved, Stolen gives us hints about a special sort of muscle.

| May 8, 2006

The meat of the film is [Dreyfus'] dauntless gumshoe, who plays his role to such eccentric perfection, he would have to have been invented had he not existed prior to that fateful March morning.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 6, 2006

Rebecca Dreyfus's middling documentary recounts the efforts to retrieve masterpieces stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 21, 2006

Since the case remains unsolved, the film lacks a true ending, but it finds some wonderful personalities along the way.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 21, 2006

It's like racing through a detective novel, only to find the last page has been torn out.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 21, 2006

A haunting and expansive documentary about the search for the precious paintings stolen in 1990 from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner museum.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2006

The doc prioritizes flash over facts, leaving you pining for the New Yorker exposé it could've been.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2006

PBS sponsors will not be disappointed.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 17, 2006

Stolen provides a treasure trove of outrageous characters, rampant speculation, personal obsessions and a glimpse into the rarefied world of art collecting.

Full Review | Jul 7, 2005

A docu that should appeal not just to the legion of Vermeer fans, but to lovers of good mystery.

Full Review | Jul 7, 2005