Lying and Stealing is a 2019 American crime drama film, directed by Matt Aselton from a screenplay by Aselton and Adam Nagata. It stars Theo James, Emily Ratajkowski, Fred Melamed, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Evan Handler.
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Directed by | Matt Aselton |
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Cinematography | Corey Walter |
Edited by | Geoff Hounsell |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
It was released on July 12, 2019, by Vertical Entertainment.
Ivan Warding is a thief who specializes in stealing art from the elite of Los Angeles. He is obliged to a crime boss and wants to get out of the art heist business. Elyse Tibaldi is an in-debt aspiring actress who is also a con-woman. Together they plot one last heist and con that will set both free from their obligations.
In November 2017, it was announced Theo James, Emily Ratajkowski, Fred Melamed, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Evan Handler and John Gatins joined the cast of the film, with Matt Aseleton directing from a screenplay he wrote alongside Adam Nagata.[1]
In January 2019, Vertical Entertainment and DirecTV Cinema acquired distribution rights to the film.[2] It was released on July 12, 2019.[3]
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 62% based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10.[4] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 50 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5]
Dennis Harvey of Variety magazine wrote: "Yet even given its budgetary limits and second-tier cast, 'Lying and Stealing' manages to be a retro escapist pleasure — one whose cleverness might actually have been muffled by flashier surface assets."[6]