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The Mastermind

Name: The Mastermind
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2025-10-16
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 5.715

★ 5,7 /10 (207 Votes)

2025 EN 110 min

Overview

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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Release date

16/10/2025

Votes

207

Popularity

3.4

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

Genres

Drama Crime

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

110 min

Budget

$2,000,000

Revenue

$2,143,645

Website

mubi.com

Josh O'Connor

James Blaine Mooney

Alana Haim

Terri Mooney

Hope Davis

Sarah Mooney

John Magaro

Fred

Gaby Hoffmann

Maude

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Jasper Thompson

Tommy Mooney

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Sterling Thompson

Carl Mooney

Eli Gelb

Guy Hickey

Cole Doman

Larry Duffy

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Javion Allen

Ronnie Gibson

Matthew Maher

Jerry the Driver

Rhenzy Feliz

Gordon

Bill Camp

Judge William Mooney

Carrie Lazar

Ms. Pitman

Reighan Bean

Julie

Katie Hubbard

Robin

Margot Anderson-Song

Helen

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Avery Deutsch

Daisy

Deb G. Girdler

Museum Patron

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Richard Hagerman

Detective Long

Juan Carlos Hernández

Agent Carroll

Ryan Homchick

Coach Sam

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Marc Ross

Mr. Ross

Rick Dutrow

Thug

Kevin Michael Walsh

Cleveland Neighbor

Amanda Plummer

Louise

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Mauricio Soliz

Line Cook

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Kade Clarks

Curtis

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Mark Antony Howard

David

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Ashlyn Porter

Ticket Lady

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Dale Hodges

Iris

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Caleb Phillips

Young Man with Wallet

D.J. Stroud

Edward Farber

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Max Schroeder

Boy Playing on Sidewalk (uncredited)

Jenny McManus

Cafe Patron (uncredited)

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Barry Mulholland

Charles (uncredited)

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Maria Wedding

College Age Museum Patron (uncredited)

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Steven Terry Walker

Diner Patron (uncredited)

Greg Violand

Man at Bank (uncredited)

John E. Brownlee

Man Catching the Bus (uncredited)

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David Pittinger

Man in Sports Jacket (uncredited)

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Robert Gerding

Museum Patron (uncredited)

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William Cross

Museum Patron (uncredited)

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Greg Siewny

Newspaper Thief (uncredited)

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Alexis Nicole Neuenschwander

Pam (uncredited)

Angel Kerns

Pedestrian (uncredited)

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Kevin W. Shiveley

Riot Cop (uncredited)

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Farrah Rawlings

Student (uncredited)

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Michael Wedding

Student (uncredited)

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Tom Cline

Tony (uncredited)

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Christian Gazaway

Vietnam Protester (uncredited)

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Malika Dinan

Vietnam Protester (uncredited)

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Melissa McDermott Currin

Vietnam Protester (uncredited)

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Todd Wallrauch

Vietnam Protester (uncredited)

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The absolute best thing you can say about this movie is that you will always know exactly what time it is while watching it. I have never looked at my watch more. In a movie named "The Mastermind" you'd be excused for expecting anything that required forethought. You would be disappointed. At best, the storyline of this movie was half completed before they gave up on it and just decided it was a good place to put some end credits. The music absolutely never matches the mood of the movie, and at one point you decide that the next time you see a person playing a drum set, you will in fac…

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I wonder if the Frenchmen who just raided the Louvre in Paris maybe had a sneak preview screening of this, first? It’s all about the struggling “JB” (Josh O’Connor) who has come up with a cunning wheeze to raise some much needed cash seeing as his architect skills aren’t exactly in demand. There’s a modern art gallery in their town where the security guard is usually napping, and where the paintings are relatively poorly protected hanging on the walls. He decides to purloin four of them and then sell them on… Of course, the best laid plans and all that and though the robbery itself doesn’t pro…

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