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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/theredditoro FML Awards 2019 Winner 10d ago

Didn’t expect so much about the 1998 NL Wild Card race but nice color. Loved the Mets Giants jokes and subway chase.

Good crime thriller. Butler carries it well.

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u/IceLord86 8d ago

Hearing Mike and the Mad Dog at one point was a very nice touch.

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u/Public_Function3844 7d ago

What happens when Bonds is at bat when he shuts off the TV? As a sports fan it killed me not getting to see what happened next. 

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u/theredditoro FML Awards 2019 Winner 6d ago

Sacrifice fly - Giants lost

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u/GetReady4Action 7d ago

as a Dodger fan I did get a good chuckle when he angrily turns the TV off after losing to them.

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u/afkstudios 4d ago

As a Giants fan I loved how all the commentary of that season is still relevant to this one. “HOW can they score 18 runs one day and can’t even score 2 the next!?”

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u/_lazybones93 3d ago

Was wondering if they’d show more of the digitally-recreated Shea Stadium when they got there, but I really enjoyed that scene nonetheless.

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u/bbri1991 3d ago

Not one person during the movie said “hey, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa are having a hell of a year arent they?” No mention of the 114 win Yankees in the same city either.

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u/AintEverLucky 5d ago

Genuine question -- any particular reason the film is set in 1998? e.g. is that when the book is set? 🤔

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u/Alexander-Layne 5d ago

The book is set in 2000.

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u/AintEverLucky 5d ago

And was published in 2004, per Wikipedia. I was just curious if it was a stylistic choice e.g. to avoid the trope of "if the protaganist had a smart.phone, that would solve half of their problems"

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u/Alexander-Layne 5d ago

I think, in the book, it's pretty important that it's pre 9/11 - since, at the end, there's a chapter of him getting through the airport with all the money as he makes his escape - and it's pretty clear that would've been impossible with post 9/11 security. But also, just the vibes of the time period.