Argott beautifully explicates how this crew pulled off the most daring daylight art theft in history, though his passionate identification with the pro-Barnes faction limits the movie's political nuance. full review

The Art of the Steal ultimately gets mired in the legal weeds, a snare made all the more frustrating by the fact that the move is a fait accompli. full review

A blunt, persuasive documentary. full review

I found it fascinating for a number of reasons, balanced reporting not among them. full review

The Art of the Steal lays out a good story, but perhaps not the whole story. full review

No matter what side you're on, you're likely to be flabbergasted as The Art of the Steal details the twists and turns of chicanery and fate that brought his art to the pass it's at today. full review

Marshaling a wealth of archival and new material, it made me want to hop on a plane to Philadelphia to see the original before it's emptied. full review

The movie's never less than entertaining, but you often feel like arguing with the screen, and not in a good way. full review

What is finally clear: It doesn't matter a damn what your will says if you have $25 billion, and politicians and the establishment want it. full review

At times, The Art of the Steal is a bit too shocked by the vulgarity of commerce, but it's memorable when it meditates on the changing face of where we look at art, and how that changes the art itself. full review

I think it's gripping. full review

It's a really interesting story, but I think it's just too black and white. full review

Calculated to enrage and pulling it off like gangbusters... full review

Argott treats Barnes' story as an intellectual crime thriller, uncovering each new surprise - and a seemingly endless parade of villains - with a deadpan flourish. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2010/02/26/2010-02-26_short_tak full review

Is it really "a tragedy" that lots more people will get to see these paintings? full review

A hard-hitting documentary about a high-cultural brawl.

As a narrative of the facts, it is as one-sided as a plaintiff's brief. full review

The Art of the Steal presents its aesthetes versus Phila-stines argument cogently, convincingly, and engagingly. full review