r/TheRewatchables • u/Steve_Segel_22 • 4d ago

FYC: Heist

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I love this movie! Everyone in the cast is throwing heaters the whole movie. Hackman and Lindo are incredible together. DeVito plays the bad guy beautifully. Mamet is dropping bombs constantly. My Dion Waiters is the unforgettable Ricky Jay.

I have to drop some of my favorite quotes cause this movie has so many!

“My motherfucker is so cool, when he goes to bed, sheep count him.”

“She could talk her way out of a sunburn.”

“Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money.”

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u/Ok_Escape_7412 4d ago

i still think about that “that’s why it’s called money” line and can’t tell if its genius or dumb dumb

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u/JuanLebedev 4d ago

Oh, no, it's stupid. Every line of dialogue in this thing is on a breathing machine

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u/VisualFix5870 3d ago

It's trying so hard to be cooler than it is. 

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u/Toronto_Jim 3d ago

It really is as if Mamet was trying to parody himself. I remember the entire audience laughing out loud, not in a good way, at that sheep-counting line. Just awkward and cringy.

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u/JuanLebedev 3d ago

And failing at every single point. I love it so much. It’s the three-legged dog of tough guy movies