Caught Stealing Review: Darren Aronofsky Dives Into Total Chaos With A Tonally Balanced Dark Comedy Crime Thriller
Caught Stealing, based on the book by Charlie Huston, who also wrote the screenplay, isn’t the crime thriller you might expect from director Darren Aronofsky. It’s got the filmmaker’s signature characteristics — including a character on a downward spiral — but it’s somehow funnier than some of his past films. That isn’t to say it doesn’t lean into the darkness; it can get very dark, especially when the film asserts the high stakes for Hank (Austin Butler), a bartender who was very close to playing Major League Baseball.
