This dreadful movie is an exemplar of everything that is wrong with Hollywood. It is an object lesson in the negative impact of American films. It glamorizes and extols wrong ideas...macho behaviour... blatant sex...drug addiction...successful crime... It also must hold a Guiness record for the movie with the most smoking ever filmed. EVERYBODY in the film ALWAYS has a cigarette (or a cigar) dangling from their lips, removing them, it seems, only to mouth the "F Word." In one memorable scene, a driver casually flips a cigarette butt out of his car. Was that really necessary? It had no dramatic value. No. I don't advocate goody two shoes movies. People smoke. People swear. People scheme. But should not the underlying theme of such a story ultimately be a positive one. I despised Nick Nolte's character. But sadly, many may think it's cool and worthy of emulation. The film is a classic example of Hollywood's depravity and lack of responsibility.
Review of The Good Thief
