Caught Stealing
(2025)
Overview
Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of late 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined.
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Reviews
Manuel São Bento
⭐ 7/10August 27, 2025
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"Caught Stealing is the kind of cinema that provokes reactions. Darren Aronofsky once again demonstrates that he's a master of creating experiences that don't digest easily and continue to echo long after the credits roll.
Austin Butler delivers an unforgettable performance, charged with magnetism and intensity, capable of elevating every scene to a rare level of auth…
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Brent Marchant
⭐ 6/10September 3, 2025
When filmmakers seek to stretch their creative juices by working on projects that aren’t typical of their normal output, they need to get their ducks in a row first if they hope to succeed in these new ventures. In tackling such productions, some have brilliantly broadened their ranges, while others have regrettably failed miserably. Rarely, however, do they fall somewhere in the middle, but such is the case with director Darren Aronofsky’s lates… read the rest.
CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10September 4, 2025
When “Russ” (Matt Smith) asks his bartending, hard-living, pal “Hank” (Austin Butler) to mind his cat whilst he returns to London to look after his sickening dad, he’s narked but agrees. Little does he realise that “Russ” has been involved with some ne’er-do-wells in the city and so fairly swiftly “Hank” is having to develop an whole new pain threshold as first the Russians, then the Hebrews lay into him. The cops are soon involved and his parame… read the rest.
misubisu
⭐ 8/10March 16, 2026
**Score: 8/10 — A Dark, Gritty, and Surprisingly Touching Neo-Noir**
Darren Aronofsky's *Caught Stealing* is a welcome return to form a lean, mean, and unexpectedly funny crime thriller that proves the director hasn't lost his touch. Based on Charlie Huston's novel, it follows Hank Thompson (Austin Butler), a washed up former baseball prospect whose simple favour; watching his neighbour's cat, plunges him into a blood soaked war between Russia…
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$40,000,000
Revenue
$32,703,294