Lying and Stealing (2019)

Ivan Warding (Theo James) is working off his father's debt to the Greek Dimitri (Fred Melamed) by stealing art works from wealthy art patrons. He teams up with Elyse (Emily Ratajkowski) to help him get out from under the Greek, but an FBI Agent (Isiah Whitlock Jr) appears to be locking in on Ivan. Oh, oh.

Most of the movie is watching Ivan steal and get away with it. This is not a comedy but we do hear some good lines all around. We do watch a good conversation/interview between the FBI Agent (character name not given in the credits) and Ivan in a diner. The FBI Agent knows what Ivan is doing and wants Ivan's boss.

We see good chemistry between Theo James and Emily Ratajkowski and she is pretty and can act too.

However, there are 3-scenes that didn't make any sense to me: (1) The FBI Agent urinates in his partner's desk drawer. Why? (2) Dimitri apparently sends someone to Ivan's apartment to find the Hitler painting which he didn't find, and makes off with a safe. Do we see what was in the safe? No. Why? (3) We see Ivan doing something with a glass of water, we think it was water. What was all that about? Never explained.

Apparently many scenes were cut, but the story needed something more than just watching Ivan steal things and hear some good banter.

Notable: Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ray, Ivan's bipolar brother.

Even with the questions above, this was still entertaining and was okay to say the least. (5/10)

Violence: Yes. Sex: Yes. Nudity; Yes, brief. Humor: Some good lines are heard. Language: No. Rating: C

Fmovies: I can watch anything with Theo James in it and e mesmerized just looking at him. I thought this was pretty good. I thought all the actors were pretty good and just realized whom natalie was( I've seen her in another film) and really like her. I'd like to see her in more roles in the future. Funny I recently watched another very popular well praised art heist film and actually liked this better. It lacked the excitement of the other but was in no way not as good of a film. If you want to see a decent well acted pretty entertaining film I'd say give it a shot an if you are a Theo James fan then it's a must see.

Please, dont whats this movie. Its empty story. Good looking actor Theo James and a gril. Nothing else. Story was stupid and thin like a spider string.

Lying and Stealing fmovies. This film has an upbeat tone, an engaging story, stylish locations and beautiful leads. What's not to like? I very much enjoyed watching it.

7/10 - very violent heist movie with an enjoyable plot and cast makes for a good, if not perfect, movie night

Well, the title says it all, just wanted to say I agree with what TopDawg wrote, with just one addition , that this would make a great series.