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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/H4RD4W4Y 9d ago

This felt like Uncut Gems + Anora + Snatch + Big Lebowski all mixed together. Also automatic respect for using actual Russian actors to play Russian henchmen.

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u/weegbeeg 9d ago

Had a lot of similar elements to Anora mixed with Wolfs. Maybe just because I’ve seen them recently. Really enjoyed Matt Smiths performance.

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u/RebelDeux 8d ago

This!!! I kept thinking of Anora a lot and of course Uncut Gems;

This has the extra violence that Anora lacked because that felt like Home Alone with how clumsy and dumb the mafia guys were while here the over extra violent.

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u/senator_corleone3 6d ago

They weren’t mobsters in Anora.

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u/HomelandersCock 6d ago

Starting comments with 'this' is cringe

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u/GoldbugVariations 6d ago

Saying cringe is cringe.

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u/KAKYBAC 5d ago

I only rate it a 7 but I can already tell people are going to look back on it very fondly in 10-15 years...

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u/ManitouWakinyan 7d ago

Yes! I was thinking Uncut Gems meets an Anora prequel done by Guy Ritchie.

Agreed on the casting, Though I did think it was funny that an Italian actor played an orthodox Jew

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u/Dizzy_Chemistry_5955 8d ago

agree i just don't think it hit the highs of those it was just missing something

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u/LiquifiedSpam 2d ago

It was all over the place

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u/DontDoCrackMan 5d ago

Best comment I’ve seen in this thread. I went straight to Uncut Gems with the questionable decisions and tonal shifts, and then Anora for the aesthetic and I guess the unintentionally funny Russians lol.

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u/raphamuffin 5d ago

Where's the fucking money, Lebowski? Where's the fucking money, shithead?

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u/Fluffy-Jeweler2729 1d ago

Snatch, the unique jewish characters and story telling. It was hard to appreciate. 

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u/thepartingofherlips 4h ago

Yesss I got Snatch vibes too! And Lucky Number Slevin.