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The opening twenty minutes of the film seem to promise a stylish, smartly constructed thriller, filled with suavely dressed guys in suits slickly out manoeuvring the law. Of course Steve McQueen is the smoothest looking of them all, the playboy ring leader who plans it all from his ivory tower and sits back to count the cool $2.5m once it is time to collect.

McQueen is cast as the perfect little Action Man figure, beautifully photographed and dressed in the latest summer/spring collection from 68. It's McQueen in a suit, McQueen in a jumper, in a sailing jacket, riding a glider, on a horse, shooting along the sandy beeches in his little red buggy. We all know the man looks…

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Stylish, but I found myself wondering most of the time “why am I here?”

I love the cinematography, and the collages of shots, especially during the heist scene. It felt like it was pushing the envelope in of style, especially for the late 60s. As the movie when went on however, I didn’t get any more fun than that opening scene. I liked Steve McQueen’s character, but ultimately didn’t know what Faye Dunaway was doing there and didn’t buy there chemistry.

A lot to like, I wish I connected to this one a bit more.

Review by demi adejuyigbe

Stylish, but silly! Love the square blocks and the way it paces the movie, but it feels like things take a real hit when Vicki is introduced (which I don’t fault fo Faye Dunaway as much as I do to them just using her to bolster Steve McQueen’s character and not doing anything interesting with her.) My ex made me watch the remake years ago and I had fun with it, but I can’t much of it. Wonder if I’ll still enjoy it now. Guess I will see in like three minutes when I watch it!

Review by Matthew Noble ★★★★

"It's my funeral. You're just along for the ride."

Attractive people,
in fashionable clothing,
doing very cool things,
in a very stylish way.

Also: split screens and chess flirting. C'mon.

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The most seductive game of chess ever! 

This is a classic, catch me if you can thriller.
Steve McQueen emboding his usual heavy levels of charisma and charm. 
Faye Dunaway hot of the success of Bonnie and Clyde, she’s a perfect match for McQueen in this.
Yaphet Kotto is in this for a short while too, he’s always 

The cat and mouse in this film is so much fun and it’s really fast paced. I love the individual split screens, this has to be one of the first time that this effect was done.

Allegedly writer Alan Trustman got the idea for the film when he was working in a bank and spent his more idle moments imagining how to…

4

I had my eyes wide open right from that very 60s opening theme song and visuals!

I loved Faye Dunaway in this. She's badass. But the overall tone of the movie seemed to shift too frequently, resulting in a genre mash that I don't think worked.

It's score and Steve McQueen make it fairly cheeky and lighthearted which works, but I think I would have preferred a more serious film. Ultimately, it just didn't keep my attention for very long except a few scenes here and there.

Review by Jenna Ipcar ★★★

Movie about a woman who’s so good at her job every man around her has an emotional meltdown. 

Also sexy chess playing.

2

I think on a rewatch I preferred this more I mean it’s still got its problems mainly in the script department but it still functions as a fun 60s ride. 

It’s an effortlessly stylish film ranging from the cool split shots and the visuals which constantly look unique and full of life. It’s hard to fault the film on that aspect since it’s easiest the best part and as well it features some great scenes especially that first 25 minutes that’s shot so incredibly well and oozes this great intensity.

Steve McQueen and Faye runaway are also great here they have such a great chemistry between them and honestly I don’t mind the romance scenes between them. I know a…

5

I started The Thomas Crown Affair expecting very little. I didn't really know too much about it, except that it starred Steve McQueen (who I'd never seen in a film) and Faye Dunaway (who I enjoy). From the very first few moments of the film, all hopes of a good experience were dashed.

The film opens with the robbery of a Boston bank, orchestrated by millionaire Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen). This sequence is aided by a series of split screens which serve little but to make it all rather confusing.

He seems to get away with the crime, but Vicki Anderson (Faye Dunaway), the most stylish and attractive insurance investigator to have ever lived, is on to him.

The characters…

5

3rd Norman Jewison (after Moonstruck and In the Heat of the Night)

A romantic comedy that's operating under the guise of a heist film, TTCA is at its best when the sparring between Dunaway and McQueen is front and centre. They have a teasing intimacy that compliments the script's rather preposterous conceit of the insurance investigator becoming involved with the gentleman crook she's tracking, and Dunaway in particular is exceptional as Vicki. She's cool, collected and incredibly smart, a real match for McQueen's rather obnoxious businessman (I do not like Steve McQueen). And it's that match that's the key part; for the first time, Thomas has found his equal intellectually in a partner, and he's intoxicated by the union. Paul…

Review by Scott R ★★★★ Liked

The Kino Classics Blu-Ray was sort of random blind buy purchase from almost a year ago. I don’t tend to do those blind buys as per the risk of getting a film I don’t jive with. But then again, I love Steve McQueen’s energy. That and Norman Jewison is a director I’ve really been meaning to watch more of…

This is quite the feature. A heist film with a great opening robbery sequence and a fun lead with McQueen as our mastermind. And theeeen, genre shift! Halfway through and this move pulls a From Dusk till Dawn on us! Okay… okay… it’s not that egregious. But as soon as Faye Dunaway gets close to McQueen and the investigation boils a…

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I find it funny only a couple of my LB friends have left reviews for this, while the rest is a sea of mostly 3 stars. That’s pretty much how I feel about it too. The opening sequence, in which we witness a business tycoon set up an extravagant bank heist with numerous accomplices (most of whom we sadly never see again!), is very cool with some dynamic split-screen visuals, but is ultimately a false promise of what’s to follow, which ends up being some sort of half-baked romance.

The one semblance of chemistry between the leads comes in the form of an unexpected sizzling game of chess, where Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway steal glances at each other while…