The Art of the Steal

...a damning example of justice bending toward those who can most afford to buy it.

...what lifts the film into three-stardom is Terence Stamp, in a predictably elegant support role as a thief set to catch the other crooks.

...an old-fashioned heist caper, featuring a lovable-rogue crew of triple-crossers...

...it's dazzling to see Argott confidently lead the viewer through a miniseries' worth of intrigue, spanning several decades and dozens of power players, in under two hours.

The film mounts a conventional argument, that the good, insightful, and generous art-lovers want to preserve the Foundation’s “democratic nature,” but are beset and thwarted by profiteers.