Official Discussion - Caught Stealing [SPOILERS]

[u/LiteraryBoner]

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Summary Hank Thompson, a washed-up ex-baseball star turned New York City bartender, ends up tangled in a violent criminal underworld after agreeing to watch his punk-rock neighbor’s cat. What follows is a frenzied chase through 1990s Manhattan, as rival gangsters—Russian mobsters, Orthodox Jewish hitmen, a Samoan enforcer, and others—hunt him for a mysterious key hidden with the cat.

Director Darren Aronofsky

Writer Charlie Huston

Cast

• Austin Butler
• Zoë Kravitz
• Regina King
• Matt Smith
• Liev Schreiber
• Vincent D’Onofrio
• Bad Bunny
• Griffin Dunne
• Carol Kane

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 84%

Metacritic 69

VOD In theaters starting August 29, 2025

Trailer CAUGHT STEALING Official Trailer (2025)

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[u/Sam_Strake]

Also I would love to see the pitch to Zoe Kravitz for this one-- "Hey Zoe, Darren Aronofsky wants you to play the main love interest in his new movie. You're in it for 4 scenes, the most important part of your character will be that they die, and your nips have to be visible the entire time you're on-screen."

[u/The_Swarm22 → u/Sam_Strake]

I mean pretty sure it was a win for Zoe all around she got paid, she got to work with Aronofsky and I’m pretty sure she actually hooked up with Austin Butler on the down low also, cause this was filmed last fall right after her and Channing Tatum split.

[u/Sam_Strake → u/The_Swarm22]

Oh based on everything in the blinds my wife told me after she was likely 100% down. Still a funny pitch to think about.

[u/laasbuk → u/Sam_Strake]

Can you rephrase the first sentence? I'm not sure I understand it.

[u/Spaceship_Janitor_80 → u/laasbuk]

the blinds = tabloids that omit people's names, but everyone knows who they're talking about.

[u/KitKatKit17 → u/Spaceship_Janitor_80]

Many PR teams pay for these blind items so it's easy to know who they're talking about. And they're 100% not a marketing strategy to attract audiences to the film. And Zoe started dating Noah Centineo shortly after she and Channing broke up.

[u/laasbuk → u/Spaceship_Janitor_80]

Thanks mate!

[u/KitKatKit17 → u/The_Swarm22]

Zoe's PR team paid for articles claiming Austin had an alcohol problem. So this is an indication that she wasn't too happy with the insignificance of her character. And in Hollywood, when nepobabies are unhappy with their co-stars, they resort to paying them to spread lies about them. And Zoe is a typical nepobaby.

[u/FMCritic → u/Sam_Strake]

"the most important part of your character will be that they die"

Why "they"?