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His own life has been shattered by the stroke his father has suffered and has him bound into a wheel chair. Izzy is a disturbed child growing up too quickly in a hostile environment. We don't know anything of what will be revealed later, so we are not prepared to see this little boy break into apartments. We meet young Izzy sitting on the ledge of an apartment building in Upper Manhattan. If you haven't seen the film, please stop reading.

It's a credit to the director and writer of 'The Best Thief in the World' to have enticed such talent as Mary Louise Parker, Audra McDonald, Lois Smith and David Warshofsky to appear in it. This film must have gone directly to cable. It's probably a more realistic version of a mother, but her comments border on verbal abuse-and it is no wonder that Izzy is on his way to delinquency. Parker swears and yells at Izzy, but you can tell she loves him. Between scenes, two very young boys in the playground rap the filthiest things you probably ever heard.

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I would probably like this movie better if it wasn't so depressing.

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The movie ends with the family, full of hope, leaving in the car, but essentially being forced by circumstances to make this decision. Fortunately, they are rescued, but they move back to Parker's hometown of Michigan as her over-bearing mother suggested because New York is no place for children-or for the down and out. They live in the same building-and panic sets in on how they will get the father out safely because he is wheelchair bound. Parker knows her son is up to no good, and he does finally get caught-the residents of this home were there in bed screwing, but not answering their intercom! Things escalate with Izzy's pyromania, and he sets an apartment afire. She is an English teacher, and his coming home makes her unable to work. Izzy's dad comes home because Parker's insurance is running out. It's all a ritual, a form of escapism, that helps him deal with his father's stroke. The most disturbing thing that he does is that he always burns something-a candle or scraps of paper. He sometimes eats their food, takes a shower, moves their furniture around, and writes messages. He is not interested in stealing for monetary gain. Some of the most humorous parts are what he finds and what he does in these apartments. He goes to that apartment through the fire escape and window. He buzzes the intercom until he finds someone not answering. While Parker watches over her husband hooked up to oxygen, Izzy breaks into an apartment. As the movie starts, Parker and her other children are going to see their ill father in the hospital. Her oldest son, Izzy, about 8 years old (?), is running wild on the streets, and she has no control over him. It's another Showtime movie primarily involving kids (My Horrible Year!, Jack, Cavedweller, etc.)-Showtime is becoming the edgy After School Playhouse! Mary-Louise Parker plays the mother of three young children. The Best Thief in the World is about a working class family in New York City trying to survive a crisis.

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