The Maiden Heist is essentially an American twist on the long running British situation comedy, Last of the Summer Wine. Take three men of advancing years, and get them into a comedic caper beyond their capabilities. Dreamer Christopher Walken, effeminate Morgan Freeman and narssistic William H Macy are security guards at the city art gallery. When the exhibits they are obssessed with are to be transfered to a collector in Denmark, they decide to obtain the art pieces for themselves. Hilarity ensures...well not quite...
This is a very slight drama and gentle comedy. Harmless is the most appropriate term. The dramatics are never at explosive, the humour and cosy slapstick never laugh out loud funny. And the heist is not that ingenious or the resolution of the caper worthy of generating much dramatic tension. Still the actors get to demonstrate what they're really, really good at, especially Marcia Gay Harden who proves to be a mega-talent in the character acting department yet again.
Harmless.
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