Lying and Stealing

Lying and Stealing is a 2019 American crime drama film, directed by Matt Aselton from a screenplay by Aselton and Adam Nagata. It stars Theo James, Emily Ratajkowski, Fred Melamed, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Evan Handler.

It was released on July 12, 2019, by Vertical Entertainment.

Plot

Ivan Warding is a thief who specializes in stealing art from the elite of Los Angeles. He is obliged to a crime boss and wants to get out of the art heist business. Elyse Tibaldi is an in-debt aspiring actress who is also a con-woman. Together they plot one last heist and con that will set both free from their obligations.

Cast

• Theo James as Ivan Warding
• Emily Ratajkowski as Elyse Tibaldi
• Fred Melamed as Dimitri Maropakis
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ray Warding
• Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Lyman Wilkers
• Evan Handler as Eric Maropakis
• John Gatins as Aton Eisenstadt
• Fernanda Andrade as Mary Bertring
• Bob Stephenson as Mr. Oklahoma
• Keith Powell as Mike Williams
• Julia Haart as Foxy

Production

In November 2017, it was announced Theo James, Emily Ratajkowski, Fred Melamed, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Evan Handler and John Gatins joined the cast of the film, with Matt Aseleton directing from a screenplay he wrote alongside Adam Nagata.

Release

In January 2019, Vertical Entertainment and DirecTV Cinema acquired distribution rights to the film. It was released on July 12, 2019.

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 62% based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 50 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Dennis Harvey of Variety magazine wrote: "Yet even given its budgetary limits and second-tier cast, 'Lying and Stealing' manages to be a retro escapist pleasure — one whose cleverness might actually have been muffled by flashier surface assets."

References

External links

• Lying and Stealing at IMDb

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2. Fred Melamed
3. Emily Ratajkowski
4. Trial of Alex Murdaugh
5. Sean Patrick Thomas
6. Martin Shkreli
7. Aladdin (Disney character)
8. Philippine Military Academy
9. Lie, Cheat & Steal
10. New Haven v. Thomas Hogg
11. Venality
12. Kleptomania
13. Tominaga Nakamoto
14. Tengrism
15. Evolution of morality
16. Lie
17. Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie
18. Stealing Harvard
19. Run the Jewels
20. Academic honor code