KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

siderite I found out about this film in reference to the latest scandal about government wiretapping. Indeed, it has a pertinent subject: a heist, its planning caught on tape by a bunch of government agencies, none of them authorized to have them.However, while the subject is interesting its realization into film is not so good. A lot of the heist details, the personal life of Anderson and so on were superfluous, while why those agencies had wiretaps there in the first place was not explained. The fact is, if you remove the very few scenes related to the tapping you get a rather bland, even bad, heist movie.OK, Sean Connery is in it, an incredibly young Christopher Walken, Martin Balsam, which no one remembers nowadays. They do their job and they do it well, but even with their charm the film remains ordinary. That is why I will rate it under average, but I consider that the idea had a lot of potential and has again very much today. Perhaps a well done remake would be a good idea!

poe426 One of the things that makes THE ANDERSON TAPES compelling viewing is its almost documentary-like approach to storytelling: the intercutting of the after-the-fact interviews with the crime-in-progress action works wonders. Sean Connery is at his best, here, as the mastermind of the heist. The fact that he must reluctantly agree to dispense with an unwanted member of his crew in order to get the job done only adds to an already touchy situation- and, in perfect keeping with the overall concept of the movie, it's when he reluctantly fulfills this obligation and kills the heavy-handed "Socks" that he alerts the authorities to his own presence and is shot. Irony abounds. The web of surveillance that ends up ensnaring everyone involved is at this moment about as au currant as it gets (and the boy with the ham radio is a forerunner of today's technocentric shut-ins). THE ANDERSON TAPES is a movie whose time has come again.

jfarms1956 This film is for those over 16 but would probably appeal most to the over 40. The movie does move slowly and is predictable. However, for those of us who love and remember Sean Connery as 007 will enjoy this film. Dyan Cannon's appearance in this film is also an added plus. I also say Kudos to the actors/actresses appearing in the film for their performance. The movie provides light entertaining. It also makes you wonder just how intrusive "Bib Brother" really could be in our own lives. It is difficult to imagine all this governmental surveillance without governmental action. In any case, grab your popcorn and enjoy Sean Connery as a professional burglar.Four thumbs up.

dougdoepke Connery's a long way from his glamorous, toupee-wearing, Bond role. But it's his strong presence that holds this crowded caper film together. The first part is pretty hard to follow. There's constant switching back and forth between assembling the gang and the many illegal surveillance set-ups by apparent law-enforcement agencies. Ironically, the agencies never catch on to the unfolding criminal plan they're eavesdropping on. Instead, they're surveilling the mob who's financing the heist.The heist itself is a nail-biter as the gang loots an upscale apartment building, while the cops try a little mountain climbing in order to trap them inside. What seems so unusual and realistic is how chaotic things become once the two encounter each other. It's like a medieval melee.Dyan Cannon gets a featured role as a silken mistress, while Martin Balsam minces along in stereotypical fashion as a gay art dealer and fence for the gang's stolen articles. Actually, I think the movie is one of the first to underscore the widespread use of hidden cameras to spy on people, a growing menace in our contemporary world. In my book, the best heist films are those with some sympathetic characters. Maybe working stiffs combining their individual skillls, like The Killing (1956), to make one big haul. That way the audience is torn between the characters and the law. Here, Pop and the kid are definitely sympathetic, while Haskins (Balsam) is lending his expertise. Anderson (Connery) is too tough and savvy to be sympathetic, but we respect him because he knows the score, as he spells out in a long denunciation of corrupt society. This means the robbers are not just robbers, but human beings, as well.Anyway, I understand this is Connery's favorite movie, maybe because it's so un-Bond-like, including the ending. As a heist film, it's certainly different, with several fairly memorable parts.