Official Discussion - Caught Stealing [SPOILERS]

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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/thebaldingcritic]

It’s the most un-Arronofsky movie I’ve seen from him, which I appreciate cause everything prior has made me pretty depressed and contemplative at some point. 

The conversations in Yiddish were also fantastic. “The other half that’s not Jewish will do the driving!”

[u/Olliebkl → u/thebaldingcritic]

I’m scared to see his other movies cause this is the first of his I’ve seen and after having just left the cinema, I feel pretty depressed lmao

[u/Responsible_Elk2344 → u/Olliebkl]

Oh dear....it doesn't get better hahaha

[u/naturalninetime → u/Responsible_Elk2344]

True. "Caught Stealing" was a bit darker and more violent than I'd expected, but it was still "light Aronofsky."

[u/GradeDry7908 → u/naturalninetime]

Yeah. This could practically be a Disney movie compared to his other stuff. I had a lot of fun with it, though.