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2005, Movie, R, 96 mins

Artworks: Review

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Larceny is depicted as an attractive second career in this sexy discourse on mid-life crises, devalued careers, and erotic folly. After suffering a miscarriage, home-security advisor Emma Becker (Virginia Madsen), a police chief's (Daniel von Bargen) daughter, is too depressed to save her shaky marriage. As a former painter with a keen eye for beauty, Emma installs alarm systems for wealthy clients who view masterpieces as decorating accents, which only heightens her frustration. Emma drifts into an affair with handsome gallery owner Bret (Rick Rossovich), who runs his high-toned enterprise with the help of the devoted Corey Wells (Eddie Mills), who's grateful to his boss for overlooking his criminal past. Bret and Emma find common ground in their shared contempt for their patrons: How cruel that fate has placed so much art into the hands of philistines! Emma initially resists Bret's suggestion that they redistribute some wealth, which flies in the face of her law-and-order upbringing. But it isn't long before Bret, Emma and veteran lock-picker Corey are burgling mansions and replacing original masterworks with replicas. Emma finds that stealing with impunity has a welcome aphrodisiac effect on her, and ignores Bret's advice to quit while they're ahead. Corey further complicates matters by secretly diverging from the plan by stealing small figurines; ironically, it's these minor thefts that alert owners to the bigger scam. An associate tips off Emma's dad about her involvement and he turns a deaf ear to her justifications, insisting that the only way he can keep her out of jail is if she wears a wire and entraps her partner. Can Emma implicate the man she loves? Madsen and Rossovich smolder as lovers living on the edge' she gives the kind of well-modulated performance that longtime fans rtemember from way back before her rediscovery in SIDEWAYS (2004). In addition to showing a knack for dealing with actors, co-writer/director Jim Amatulli effortlessly polishes the romantic core of the screenplay until it glistens. leave a comment --Robert Pardi
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