Gala / International premiere

The Maiden Heist

  • Peter Hewitt /
  • USA /
  • 2008 /
  • 89 mins

Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H Macy, Marcia Gay Harden, Breckin Meyer, Phil Hebert

A lighthearted comedy caper from three of Hollywood’s heavyweights.

Peter Hewitt

Pete Hewitt won a BAFTA for his short film The Candy Show in 1990. Soon afterward, he worked on his feature debut Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991), starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. Since this successful feature debut, he has directed Tom and Huck (1995), The Borrowers (1997), Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999), Garfield (2004), Zoom (2006) and the comedy Thunderpants (2002). His work for television includes the series Wild Palms (1993) and Princess of Thieves (2001).

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  • #1 Leona Campbell / Friday 26 June, 2009 / 00:00 GMT

    This was a really sweet comedy. It has brilliant comedic turns from all the stars, it won't be the best film you see this year but it leaves you with that warm fuzzy feeling that you've just spent a couple of hours of fun. It's very much like an old style screwball comedy and I suspect will be likely to hit the mark with smarter audience and older audience who can appreciate the humour. My personal favourite was Morgan Freeman who I've never seen in a comedy role before and who I thought was fantastic.

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