The Mastermind

The Mastermind

It’s not stealing if you don’t get caught.

2025110 min5.7 / 10

A period crime drama about an ordinary man's descent into heist planning, balancing suburban domesticity with the tension of a scheme unraveling.

In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.

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