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The Italian Job Reviews - Metacritic
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  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary In this is a remake of the 1969 British caper comedy, Mark Whalberg stars as Charlie Croker, the leader of a band of thieves planning the ultimate heist.

Directed By: F. Gary Gray

Written By: Troy Kennedy Martin, Donna Powers, Wayne Powers

  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 51 m

The Italian Job

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 37 Critic Reviews
68
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 167 User Ratings
7.1
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Summary In this is a remake of the 1969 British caper comedy, Mark Whalberg stars as Charlie Croker, the leader of a band of thieves planning the ultimate heist.

Directed By: F. Gary Gray

Written By: Troy Kennedy Martin, Donna Powers, Wayne Powers

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 37 Critic Reviews
68
76% Positive
28 Reviews
22% Mixed
8 Reviews
3% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 37 Critic Reviews
68
76% Positive
28 Reviews
22% Mixed
8 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review

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90
Less giddy and more cohesive than the original, the film doesn't waste time, plunging almost directly into a spectacular heist.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
80
A pandering, debased, generic little nothing of a movie. And I'm still trying to figure out why I loved it so inordinately.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 167 User Ratings
7.1
67% Positive
112 Ratings
28% Mixed
47 Ratings
5% Negative
8 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 167 User Ratings
7.1
67% Positive
112 Ratings
28% Mixed
47 Ratings
5% Negative
8 Ratings

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10
Moviefan98
Oct 13, 2024
The Italian Job is one film I love no matter what as my one word to describe it is ambitious. The remake does totally show more of the honor among thieves than the original did as it drills and detonates the charismatic thrills.
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10
mm007
Nov 16, 2016
[10/10] Pros: 1.Perfect in all aspects:be it action,car chase, emotion everything. 2.Theron and Wahlberg had good chemistry. 3.Cool cars like BMW,Aston Martin... 4.Scenic beauty of Venice :) Cons: **** the end theron opened the vault without much effort, seemed little absurd.
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75
This is just the movie for two hours of mindless escapism on a relatively skilled professional level.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
75
Norton is unapologetic and unflappable in his part. Slimy and vaguely nerdy, he's become the thinking man's thug, even if this character's Armani-wear is better tailored than his psychology.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
67
Manages to be a solid, though not exceptional, heist movie with a good-looking cast and -- maybe -- even better-looking cars.
By Kim Morgan FULL REVIEW
50
After concocting one tense crime at the beginning, the writers can't do any better than to imitate it later.
By Lawrence Toppman FULL REVIEW
25
A triumph for the machines, more proof that we do indeed live in the Matrix.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
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10
LoRevisor
Jan 29, 2015
F. Gary Gray dirige esse ótimo Remake,com um final satisfatório ao contrário do genial Law Abiding Citizen que tem um final horrível,Jason Statham no começo da carreira já mostrava talento como Rob O Bonitão,Mos Def é ótimo como orelha esquerda,Charlize Theron é ótima como Stella Bridger E Mark Wahlberg está ótimo Charlie Croker,Donald Sutherland E Seth Green estão ótimos também. Achei meio imbecil Edward Norton dizer que esse é seu pior filme.
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6
gracjanski
Mar 29, 2021
At least the movie is not dumb and the beginning is great. But the characters are soooo cool and the hidden advertisement for BMW Mini is obvious.
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6
MATM
Feb 20, 2021
I originally saw this movie in theaters, and I really liked it a lot, but it took me about 20 years to watch it again, and I am saddened to state that it just hasn't aged well. I can't pick out any particular reason for the disappointment. The heist is interesting, and it is always a pleasure to see non-CGI action scenes, but the movie just wasn't fun. Maybe it is just less enjoyable after learning all of the twists in the story. I give it a C - If you’ve already seen all of the A’s and B’s, but you insist on seeing a movie, try this one out
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3
NikolayG
Aug 14, 2015
The first half hour of this remake is great fun. I especially enjoyed seeing Donald Sutherland. I lost interest after that. Things immediately flagged in the second act, which shifted focus almost exclusively to Mark Wahlberg, a despicable human being who I have a hard time watching in anything. A violent and repeat criminal who blinded a man in one eye in a vicious attack. Why is this guy not in prison? He also just doesn't have charisma the way movie stars should. Do women find him sexy? If so, I don't know why. Charlize Theron played an uninteresting character cliche, and for a woman who looks incredibly sexy in still photos, she was somehow utterly unsexy in motion here. It was as if she didn't care, but was just reading lines. I know she can act, but here she just had no intensity and no passion, no charisma. I just couldn't maintain my interest and stopped watching about 40 minutes in. Listen, maybe the movie got great the second after I turned it off, but one has to make decisions based on the information one has. The information I had told me I was wasting my time. Someone needs to make a movie starring Donald Sutherland again, rather than just using him as a minor supporting player. That guy knows what he's doing.
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3
Jalemany
Apr 7, 2015
I chose to watch it so none to blame. I wanted to be entertained, that's it. Of course, there is much better entertainment out there that doesn't completely feel like a waste of time. There is a lack of life in the characters (?) and relationships that makes it just a factory made cliche. The part with Sutherland is slightly better.
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Production Company Paramount Pictures, De Line Pictures, Mestiere Cinema, Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG), Working Title Films
Release Date May 30, 2003
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Steal The Day 5.30.03
Website https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Italian-Job/164258633639004
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Awards

Black Reel Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
American Black Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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