
Release date: August 29, 2025 (USA)
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cinematography: Matthew Libatique
Running time: 1h 47m
MPAA rating: R
Producers: Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel, Jeremy Dawson, Dylan Golden
Trailer caught my attention – The cat, Matt Smith & Austin Butler got me to the ticket 😀
This movie doesn’t release fully until next week. I was fortunate enough to checkout the early access showing. So as usual spoilers will be off the table and even more so handled with care.
What’s Caught Stealing about? – Austin Butler’s character – Hank has gotten himself involved to no fault of his own….it was his flat neighbor Russ (Played by Matt Smith) ‘s actions that wound Hank in a situation with little to no friends to turn to and continuous dire situations amounting to navigate.
Mixed in the middle of it all is Russ’s cat which luckily has a liking to Hank and is advised not to pet as he’s a biter :D. The movie did start off a little slow but wasn’t fully to the point of boring as the movie would continue to put gas into the story and up the stakes. If only it found a balance to slowly put the foot on the gas and keep it slowly going faster and faster over fast, slow, fast, slow.
It’s an enjoyable film that’s a good watch. Maybe I’d watch it again for certain scenes / to see what the person I’m watching it with reacts to what’s to unfold. Otherwise, at least it has a cat and good actors with fun scenes.
A 7.5/10 it had great moments. I just wished it continued to stay in those great moments rather than needing time to rebuild the momentum.
P.S The other characters & actors are a lot of fun. But let me know who sticks out most to your experience in the comments below.
Thanks for coming by Popped for your movie “Reviews” – Been a fun day of PoGo and continues tomorrow :D. Fun cherry on top with this movie. Looking forward to next week with Toxic Avenger & The Roses. Not before watching Ne Zha 2 again 😀 – When’s this movie releasing to own!
Until next time though, happy movie going everyone!