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The Thomas Crown Affair
Directed By John Mc Tiernan
With the never-ending conga line of vulgar teen movies that plow through the big screen, here comes a sexy adult film that you don't have to be a 14 year old boy to enjoy.
In this remake, Pierce Brosnan plays a millionaire in New York who apparently has more money than Trump (though far more attractive and cultured). He is a bored millionaire, so he artfully steals a Monet from MOMA. Rene Russo is the headhunter investigator for an insurance company sent to find the thief of the Impressionist masterpiece. She nabs him, and she just happens to meet her match. Of course they fall for each other and she has a job to do, but it's the chase that makes this movie fun.
Brosnan delivers his disarming charm while Russo to her credit is more than the leading man's beautiful girlfriend. A strength of this movie is their playful banter and test of wills as their game of cat-and-mouse progresses. Latin beats provide a stimulating pulse to the film, and both men and women alike may rejoice in the nudity of both stars. Impressive art, private planes, and a tropical island add to the superficial glamour that doesn't take itself too seriously.
A surprise appearance by Faye Dunaway who was in the original version is a treat, while Denis Leary plays the perfect New York middle man cop who could give a damn about a painting in a city rampant with crime.
Special attention deserves to go to the clever scenes regarding the art itself, especially the sequence of Brosnan disguised as Magritte's Man in the Bowler Hat. There's also sad commentary on our perception of art at the end of the 20th Century. In one scene a school teacher procedes to explain the history of Impressionism to her bored tribe of adoloscents. When she gets their attention by advising them that the painting is worth 100 million dollars, they instantly recognize its worth.
While The Thomas Crown Affair won't make any waves, it's certainly a refreshing twist of lime in your rum and coke this summer.
Anji Milanovic
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The Thomas Crown Affair review
