Thomas Crown (Pierce Brosnan) is a famous millionaire and owner of a bank. He´s tired of being rich. One day he steals a famous painting out of the museum. Catherine Banning (Rene Russo), an insurance-agent is trusted with the case. A game between cat and mouse begins...
I must admit that I have never watched the WHOLE original movie, only a few scenes. On the DVD there was an interesting "Making-of" with a comparison between remake and original. The Thomas Crown played by Steve Mc Queen robbed out banks - what would probably look a little old fashioned nowadays. Now Pierce Brosnan steals famous paintings out of museums and goes to the psychiatrist - played by Faye Dunaway in a fabulous guest appearance.
I think that John Mc Tiernan´s movie comes quite close to the mood of the original - thanks to Sting´s great cover-version of Noel Harrisons "Windmills of your mind"! Not to forget Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo - what a great couple! I kept my breath during the dancing sequence. This is what I call CHEMISTRY! It´s pure MAGIC! In its style "The Thomas Crown affair" reminded me of genre classics like "Out of sight" or "Tequila sunrise" - they belong to my favorites! But it also works as an hommage to the great caper movies as Hitchcocks "To catch a thief".
Surely a dignified remake - smart, sexy and romantic!
I must admit that I have never watched the WHOLE original movie, only a few scenes. On the DVD there was an interesting "Making-of" with a comparison between remake and original. The Thomas Crown played by Steve Mc Queen robbed out banks - what would probably look a little old fashioned nowadays. Now Pierce Brosnan steals famous paintings out of museums and goes to the psychiatrist - played by Faye Dunaway in a fabulous guest appearance.
I think that John Mc Tiernan´s movie comes quite close to the mood of the original - thanks to Sting´s great cover-version of Noel Harrisons "Windmills of your mind"! Not to forget Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo - what a great couple! I kept my breath during the dancing sequence. This is what I call CHEMISTRY! It´s pure MAGIC! In its style "The Thomas Crown affair" reminded me of genre classics like "Out of sight" or "Tequila sunrise" - they belong to my favorites! But it also works as an hommage to the great caper movies as Hitchcocks "To catch a thief".
Surely a dignified remake - smart, sexy and romantic!