Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.
Pickpocket has generally received very positive reviews.
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Pickpocket was released in 1959 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 230 reviews, giving Pickpocket (1959) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 84%.
With a score of 78%, Pickpocket is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1959, which stands at 59%.
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