If we tell you this is the story of an art-heist, you might start expecting 'Oceans Twelve' or something, but if we tell you the title is definitely ironic you will be closer to understanding the gist; Josh O'Connor, wonderfully scruffy here, plays James, an art-school dropout who has this great idea to steal some paintings from a local museum in Massachusetts. What could be easier?
“'The Mastermind' may be a heist movie about a novice thief with a dumb plan. But Reichardt pulls it off like clockwork: This film is stupendously smart” - Ben Kenigsberg, RogerEbert.com.