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This Is a Robbery: The World's Greatest Art Heist

Original title: This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist
  • TV Mini Series
  • 2021
  • TV-MA
  • 53m
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This Is a Robbery: The World's Greatest Art Heist (2021)
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March 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Guards admitted two men posing as police officers responding to a disturbance call, and the th... Read allMarch 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Guards admitted two men posing as police officers responding to a disturbance call, and the thieves tied the guards up and looted the museum.March 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Guards admitted two men posing as police officers responding to a disturbance call, and the thieves tied the guards up and looted the museum.

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    • Shelley Murphy
    • Anne Hawley
    • Dick Ellis
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    • Stars
      • Shelley Murphy
      • Anne Hawley
      • Dick Ellis
    • 72User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Shelley Murphy
    Shelley Murphy
    • Self - Reporter, Boston Globe
    • 2021
    Anne Hawley
    Anne Hawley
    • Self - Director Emerita, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
    • 2021
    Dick Ellis
    Dick Ellis
    • Self - Fmr. Head Art & Antique Squad, Scottland Yard
    • 2021
    Martin Leppo
    Martin Leppo
    • Self - Criminal Defense Attorney
    • 2021
    Tron Brekke
    Tron Brekke
    • Self - Fmr. Section Chief, FBI Boston Office
    • 2021
    Myles Connor
    Myles Connor
    • Self - Art Thief
    • 2021
    Kevin Cullen
    Kevin Cullen
    • Self - Columnist, Boston Globe
    • 2021
    Stephen Kurkjian
    Stephen Kurkjian
    • Self - Author, Master Thieves
    • 2021
    Charles Heidorn
    Charles Heidorn
    • Self - Fmr. Security Foreman, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
    • 2021
    Arnold Hiatt
    Arnold Hiatt
    • Self - Fmr. Board Member, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
    • 2021
    John Green
    John Green
    • Self - Fmr. Forensic Photographer, FBI
    • 2021
    Robert Fisher
    Robert Fisher
    • Self - Fmr. Assistant U.S. Attorney
    • 2021
    Justin Stratman
    Justin Stratman
    • Boston Latin School, Class of 1990…
    Aaron Fannin
    Aaron Fannin
    • Self - Fmr. Guard, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
    • 2021
    Nancy Clougherty
    Nancy Clougherty
    • Boston Latin School, Class of 1991…
    Steve Keller
    Steve Keller
    • Self - Museum Security Consultant
    • 2021
    Karen Sangregory
    Karen Sangregory
    • Self - Fmr. Guard, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
    • 2021
    Patricia Vigderman
    Patricia Vigderman
    • Self - Author, The Memory Palace of Isabella Stewart Gardner
    • 2021
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    6DLochner

    Interesting topic told in a boring way

    Interesting topic told in a boring way A very interesting topic that was unfortunately told in a boring way. To date, a reward of 10 million US dollars has been offered for apprehending the perpetrators. In "The Greatest Art Theft in History", Netflix takes us into a particularly exciting case that is still puzzling. All in all, however, it falls short of expectations and goes in circles very interesting topic that was unfortunately told in a boring way. To date, a reward of 10 million US dollars has been offered for apprehending the perpetrators. In "The Greatest Art Theft in History", Netflix takes us into a particularly exciting case that is still puzzling. All in all, however, it falls short of expectations and goes in circles.
    3Bobbysoxxx

    This is a robbery...of your time

    Holy moly are these Netflix docs really reaching these days. They stretched what should have been a tight 45 min doc into a 4 episode 4hr slog. They veer off in so many directions with pointless interviews and filler.

    Its bad when you can tell its filler.

    It seems to be a trend lately to make these dime a dozen docs as long as possible instead of making them ya know...good. Look I get ppl are bored but you can't sacrifice quality for an over blown run time. Even if more eyes on the screen means more $$$.

    This was a snoozer and gets a heavy pass from me.

    Gets a sympathetic 3/10 for buddy who had all that duct tape on his hair.
    5AudioFileZ

    Fantastic Robbery...No Hard Evidence...Stretched To A Ridiculous Length

    The most fantastic art heist of modern time deserves a hard look. Somehow, however, with so little factual evidence to go on this look goes overtime. A much tighter and better told series of events is here. Even though there is no hard evidence to charge any particular person this documentary manages to go over 4 episodes and 200 minutes plus. Though you already know beforehand this crime is unsolved and the whereabouts of any of the stolen paintings is unknown the producers have decided to draw everything out to a painfully long story. I kept watching for that nugget that never came that somehow pointed in one direction. It never comes and one feels wrung-out for the slog. It's a good mystery told in such a dragging back and forth style that it screams for a good editing job. It's just as likely that none of the possible suspects here ever touched or even knew who actually stole the paintings at the end of all of this. If any are ever recovered that is the story you'll want to watch, unless this same team produces it.
    5shanayneigh

    Stretched

    One episode of facts, three episodes of speculation and conjecture. This didn't need to be four episodes long. Might have been a decent 60-90 minute documentary. But we live in an age of streaming where *everything* has to be stretched into a series.
    5Zotapianola

    Snyder-cut it and re release it please

    This documentary had a killer title, but it was such a drag to watch.

    It feels badly put together. The music is really distracting and too loud. It's hard to focus on the interviews.

    It's an ADHD nightmare. I couldn't really focus on anything because it kept jumping from one thing to another without really putting the pieces together or closing any topic.

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      • April 7, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Це пограбування: Найгучніше зникнення шедеврів
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      • Boston, UK
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      • Barnicle Brothers
      • Tribeca Productions
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