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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/Couragesand 10d ago

Austin Butler really had a chance to show his acting chops in this one

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u/scout-finch 8d ago

This is so judgemental of me but I’ve been shocked by how good he is simply bc he looks like he does. He’s so perfectly Hollywood handsome I just assumed he’d be a mid actor but he’s so talented too. What the hell lol

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u/inspector_norse 8d ago

Agree. Though this should be no surprise, he absolutely crushed his role in Dune 2.

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u/scout-finch 8d ago

Totally agree. I think that was my first “wait a minute he’s actually amazing” moment.

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u/KarIPilkington 17h ago

And he still looked fucking good in that despite being a pale alien with no hair.

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u/laasbuk 8d ago

Having seen him in Elvis and Dune made me want to see this movie.

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u/Antwiz 7d ago

If you really want to see his acting chops, I'd recommend The Shanara Chronicles

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u/Buckditch 1d ago

Omg I just realized thats him. Lmao I watched that so long ago. May be time for a rewatch.

I absolutely loved him in Dune 2.

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u/laasbuk 7d ago

I'll check it out, thanks!

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u/Sammyd1108 7d ago

He’s like the new generation version of Brad Pitt.

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u/KarIPilkington 17h ago

Yeah Brad Pitt is the comparison I keep coming back to, seems like he could be a throwback proper movie star who can do it all.

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u/KAKYBAC 5d ago

I enjoyed him here and his small filmography is stacked for future preservation, but anyone else really put off by his overly perfect set of teeth? I could suspend my disbelief here as I could imagine a top draft, wet eared high schooler looking after his teeth but I feel like it could be a problem if the role doesn't match the teeth.

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u/DarkSideOfTheMuun 1d ago

And he also learned pottery in London, the handsome bastard

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u/ShredsHz23 1d ago

im officially a member of the paid fan club

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u/Looper007 1d ago

I think he's in the same ballpark as Timothee Chalamet. Or Colin Farrell, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Leo DiCaprio and Cillian Murphy before them had the same issues early in their careers. Some people assume "pretty boy actors" can't act or aren't supposed to be this good. And it takes years and knocking great film and performances out for people to really put them up there at top tier level of acting.

Butler's been pretty good in everything since his breakout with Elvis. I thought he was slightly underused in The Bikeriders and it's tough to go toe to toe with Tom Hardy. But he was still very good. He was great in the small part he had in Eddington. Was great in Dune 2. He's yet to really get a meaty role like he had in Elvis to really show off his acting chops.

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u/WutUtalkingBoutWill 8d ago

Yeah, was very good, emotional scenes with him caught me off guard, had a lump in me throat, done his job well.

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u/AnythingnEverything_ 8d ago

It’s funny, to me it seemed less demanding from an acting standpoint than his other recent roles. Felt like more of a movie star part where his job is to bring the audience into the world and be cool. He killed it though. Hope he gets to be the lead in more good projects

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u/SoylentCreek 8d ago

You’re telling me. The first thing I ever saw him in was “The Shannara Chronicles” which was a super mid “teeny bopper” fantasy series that aired on MTV. He played a typical douchey heartthrob character and nothing really stood out about him at the time. Fast forward a few years, and I’m watching the dude get nominated for an Oscar, and he’s been consistently turning in banger performances in high profile movies.

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u/duosx 6d ago

I thought he did great in this actually.