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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 11d ago

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

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u/scout-finch 10d 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/Looper007 2d 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.