XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

dbalaji I happened to watch this movie last week in the TV. I did not watch it by selection. Just at the time of switching on the TV, I found the movie running in a movie channel and the beginning scenes made me watch through the reminder of the movies The movie is about how a professor of arts in Spain, Daniel Marin, uses his students to steal old paintings of art. He plots to pass the blame on his Ex-class mate, Sandra Walker, an arts consultant. Ms.Sandra Walker and Bruce Walker are an estranged couple on the verge of a broken marriage after siring a daughter. Ms.Walker's Boss, Victor Boyd, a collector of arts is the kingpin behind all this heist and with his connivance the art heist happens. Attempts were made to pass the suspicion on a Russian collector, Maximov, who was seen as a rival by Victor Boyd. Ms.Walker gets into trouble when she tries to spy on Maximov. Ms.Walker herself becomes a suspect when some implanted faxes were found in her office and her bank account found to be credited with large sum of money Sarah's husband Bruce walker, himself a policeman, gets deep into the investigations and saves her wife and also their marriage The plot was good and so is the direction. I loved the movie D.BALAJI

prosper1 This is one of the worst movies ever made. Trite. Predictable. Flat.The only thing that rated one point was there was a few nice scenes highlighting Barcelona. I imagine they would use films like this in Guantanamo or some other hidden CIA/NSA prison to torture suspects.Often bad movies have some redeeming features, this has nothing. If I was in it or worked on it, I would change my name. Truly a turd. Hard to write more than this, but I feel the world's film watchers needed a head's up on this. On the other hand it will make a great gift for people you can't stand.You could send it to politicians you dislike, in laws, ex-wives, Teachers you hated, former employees, Dick Cheney, W., and a host of others.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU Apart from the use of Mozart's Requiem, and apart from the evanescent vision of some of the most famous and beautiful paintings of the classical and baroque era, this film will remain as an entertainment that is so predictable that all pleasure is nullified. We know practically all the time what is going to happen because the timing in the film itself prevents this or that culprit to be the real one, especially since a Russian cannot be a master mind. That has to be a good old cool American and of course the one who is most over suspicion. We practically know when the phone is going to ring and who is going to be on it, etc. A lot better could easily have been done in that field, but television must have been I guess the primary target, and then the teenage summer audience, those who only think of wasting some time in the cool shade of the air-conditioned theater when it is too hot outside for mooching some kisses from girls.Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines

kdmagnusson But it's certainly not very good either. Most of the acting is pretty flat, but I blame that more on the writers' incompetent dialog than on the actors' ability. Ellen Pompeo is pretty, but in such as way to be believable as an art history expert. The plot has enough twists to keep you guessing (and keep watching) and yet enough clues to help you figure it out. That said, it's still pretty trite and implausible. You do get to see some famous Barcelona landmarks, but the filmmakers haven't exploited their locale to the fullest. I thought the chase scenes were fairly well done, except that they all start looking the same after a while.All-in-all, I'd have to say that the current IMDb rating of 4.1 is fair; several of the reviews here give it a "1", which should be reserved to the worst movies of all time, which this certainly isn't.I picked up a used DVD copy at a local bookstore hoping to revisit Barcelona. In that sense, "Art Heist" was a bit of a disappointment. It's (barely) worth seeing if you have an interest in art history and in Barcelona and can see it for free, but for those really wanting a sense of this wonderful city, the best bet is "L'Auberge Espagnole".