It seems like they should have been in New York, but the Boston Museum is featured prominently. I watched it on Netflix streaming.
It is ultimately about 3 museum guards, each with a favorite work of art that they study and admire most of their shift. They get news that the collection is being sold and shipped to Denmark. What to do? Move to Denmark? Or maybe pull off a fantastic heist.
Christopher Walken is Roger Barlow and he adores the painting "The Lonely Maiden" , thus the title "The Maiden Heist." He is married to and has a great relationship with Marcia Gay Harden as Rose Barlow.
Fellow guard Morgan Freeman as Charles Peterson adores a different painting. While fellow guard William H. Macy as George McLendon adores a bronze statue of a nude male. In fact when Charles is viewing some graveyard shift security tapes he sees that George takes all his clothes off and poses alongside the statue. With that threat of exposure hanging over him he cooperates with the other two.
This is just light, funny entertainment, and there are lots of funny scenes. They are all good, but my favorite is Walken, who is a master comic even though he is more known for his tough guy roles. A very enjoyable movie.
SPOILERS: The plan they hatch is to have very high quality reproductions made of each piece, substitute them for the real ones overnight in storage after final packing, and keep the real ones for themselves. As expected it doesn't all go smoothly, which makes for many laughs, but in the end they are successful.
It is ultimately about 3 museum guards, each with a favorite work of art that they study and admire most of their shift. They get news that the collection is being sold and shipped to Denmark. What to do? Move to Denmark? Or maybe pull off a fantastic heist.
Christopher Walken is Roger Barlow and he adores the painting "The Lonely Maiden" , thus the title "The Maiden Heist." He is married to and has a great relationship with Marcia Gay Harden as Rose Barlow.
Fellow guard Morgan Freeman as Charles Peterson adores a different painting. While fellow guard William H. Macy as George McLendon adores a bronze statue of a nude male. In fact when Charles is viewing some graveyard shift security tapes he sees that George takes all his clothes off and poses alongside the statue. With that threat of exposure hanging over him he cooperates with the other two.
This is just light, funny entertainment, and there are lots of funny scenes. They are all good, but my favorite is Walken, who is a master comic even though he is more known for his tough guy roles. A very enjoyable movie.
SPOILERS: The plan they hatch is to have very high quality reproductions made of each piece, substitute them for the real ones overnight in storage after final packing, and keep the real ones for themselves. As expected it doesn't all go smoothly, which makes for many laughs, but in the end they are successful.