The Mastermind
Directed by Kelly Reichardt
Drama criminal ambientado en 1970 que sigue a James Blaine Mooney, un padre de familia suburbano que lleva una doble vida como ladrón de arte. Interpretado por Josh O'Connor, James idea un plan para robar cuatro importantes pinturas de Arthur Dove de un museo local en Massachusetts, inspirado en un robo real ocurrido en 1972. La película retrata la torpe ejecución del robo con tonos de humor negro y realismo, mostrando las tensiones familiares y personales del protagonista, así como el clima político de la época con la guerra de Vietnam de fondo. La historia explora la fragilidad del protagonista y cómo sus decisiones afectan su vida familiar y social, adentrándose en su compleja psicología y en el impacto de su crimen en quienes lo rodean. Dirigida por Kelly Reichardt, es un estudio de personajes con un enfoque lento y detallado que reinventa el género del heist movie con un estilo intimista y sombrío
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- russrev1ews8 de marzo de 2026An unnecessarily non-verbal movie, where a little more “telling” and less “showing” would’ve helped.
- cultfilmliker19 de diciembre de 2025lol. Yeah, Josh O’Connor best actor of 2025 easy Kelly going full auteur (including editor) trying to get that Anora fame. Gotta say, never been a HUGE fan of her color palettes tho. The amount of beige I FEEL (let alone see) in her films is just overwhelming. ALL THAT SAID, it still looks nice. Matthew Maher makes anything he’s in 10x better. Just an incredible talent. John Magaro & Gaby Hoffman are a perfect movie couple imo
- ebd32113 de enero de 2026I saw this on some best of 2025 lists and I am not sure why. Its engaging albeit slow burning early on, then gradually devolves into watching paint dry. It feels like she was intentionally trying to drag out a thin script. By the end, I was just glad it was over.
- Jefferson Bittencourt6 de marzo de 2026Great direction and beautiful photography. I really liked the director's camera language. A cinema that speaks through images and atmosphere. I liked it!!
- Mr Walker7 de enero de 2026What starts as a 70s style HOT ROCK heist caper of 5th rate criminal losers complete with jazzy score soon loosens into a minimalist FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE type character study. As she has done so well before, Kelly Reichardt Directs the film to be at constant odds with expectations. To take the slower more measured observation of a moment in time that may not be plot driven but rather character, mood or for aesthetic context. You can smell, taste and feel the period, its lived in and textured without pastiche. This film veers outside the traditional perspective to become leisurely hyper-focused on a familiar central character made grounded and mundane. Josh O'Connor is James Blaine Mooney, a man on the run but not in a hurry. So comfortable in his narcissism that he uses and discards any that he pulls into his orbit with no more than a shrug. In one of the most difficult performances of the year O'Connor plays it all with a skilfully calculated indifference that makes the character an intellectual curiosity and an emotional void that cares not for our sympathy, hatred or opinion. An aloof amoral parasite that remains distant. This is not someone looking for redemption or forgiveness only the next exploitable situation.....but he is neither a villain nor a criminal mastermind.
- rishey15 de enero de 2026Pointless
- Rowan Krzysiak2 de enero de 2026A slow, self-centred, deluded protagonist in an interesting situation. That interesting situation is mostly concluded in the first quarter and from there the character of the film is only really coloured by that of the protagonist's. Not nearly good enough.
- Tyler S9 de enero de 2026👍 6.5/10
- Tommy5 de enero de 2026booring
- Mitch Miller31 de diciembre de 2025Slooooooow
- jradar928 de diciembre de 2025Theory: a potential 5⭐ Execution -5⭐ Absolutely horrendous. I can't believe we made it through the most useless last 1hr of any movie... Ever.
- wonderrxjr26 de diciembre de 2025Josh O'Connor's character was truly the bitchiest criminal I have ever seen, like no way he truly thought those guys would stay in line fr. I feel bad for Alana Haim she deserved better in this, but of course always glad to see my girl in movies !
- David Murray22 de diciembre de 2025Unfulfilling movie. Slow flat start into a heist movie that crumbles into a pointless man's failure of his family obligations and poor decisions. Just save your time as life is too short to burn it on empty media.
- dimakan19 de diciembre de 2025Excruciatingly slow and, in the end, pointless.
- adamp44217 de diciembre de 2025The Mastermind is a slow burn—moody and atmospheric in its subtle delivery. A tight-knit story that oozes style.
The Mastermind Trivia
The Mastermind was released on 16 de octubre de 2025.
The Mastermind was directed by Kelly Reichardt.
The Mastermind has a runtime of 1h 50min.
The Mastermind was produced by Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani.
Drama criminal ambientado en 1970 que sigue a James Blaine Mooney, un padre de familia suburbano que lleva una doble vida como ladrón de arte. Interpretado por Josh O'Connor, James idea un plan para robar cuatro importantes pinturas de Arthur Dove de un museo local en Massachusetts, inspirado en un robo real ocurrido en 1972. La película retrata la torpe ejecución del robo con tonos de humor negro y realismo, mostrando las tensiones familiares y personales del protagonista, así como el clima político de la época con la guerra de Vietnam de fondo. La historia explora la fragilidad del protagonista y cómo sus decisiones afectan su vida familiar y social, adentrándose en su compleja psicología y en el impacto de su crimen en quienes lo rodean. Dirigida por Kelly Reichardt, es un estudio de personajes con un enfoque lento y detallado que reinventa el género del heist movie con un estilo intimista y sombrío
The key characters in The Mastermind are James Blaine Mooney (Josh O'Connor), Terri Mooney (Alana Haim), Sarah Mooney (Hope Davis).
The Mastermind is rated R.
The Mastermind is a Crimen, Drama film.
The Mastermind has an audience rating of 5.2 out of 10.