Darren Aronofsky is a filmmaker who's forged his career on big swings, like the mind-bending, black-and-white thriller Pi, the gnarly body-horror nightmare Black Swan , the biblical epic Noah, and the extravagant explosion of Christian mythology and general mayhem that was mother! So, it's genuinely shocking how tame Caught Stealing is. The New York-set crime comedy's biggest swing comes literally from a bat, wielded by a bland hero, played by an underwhelming leading man.

Austin Butler heads a star-studded cast that boasts Zoë Kravitz, Regina King, Matt Smith, Action Bronson, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D'Onofrio, Bad Bunny, Griffin Dunne, and Carol Kane. Everyone around him brings verve and character — there's a provocative paramedic, a tough-talking cop, snarling gangsters,

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