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Modern documentaries have perfected the art of turning a one-hour show into four 50+ minute parts. Other than excessive length and fluff, the show was interesting and entertaining.

The most fantastic art heist of modern time deserves a hard look. Somehow, however, with so little factual evidence to go on this look goes overtime. A much tighter and better told series of events is here. Even though there is no hard evidence to charge any particular person this documentary manages to go over 4 episodes and 200 minutes plus. Though you already know beforehand this crime is unsolved and the whereabouts of any of the stolen paintings is unknown the producers have decided to draw everything out to a painfully long story. I kept watching for that nugget that never came that somehow pointed in one direction. It never comes and one feels wrung-out for the slog. It's a good mystery told in such a dragging back and forth style that it screams for a good editing job. It's just as likely that none of the possible suspects here ever touched or even knew who actually stole the paintings at the end of all of this. If any are ever recovered that is the story you'll want to watch, unless this same team produces it.

One episode of facts, three episodes of speculation and conjecture. This didn't need to be four episodes long. Might have been a decent 60-90 minute documentary. But we live in an age of streaming where *everything* has to be stretched into a series.

Interesting topic told in a boring way A very interesting topic that was unfortunately told in a boring way. To date, a reward of 10 million US dollars has been offered for apprehending the perpetrators. In "The Greatest Art Theft in History", Netflix takes us into a particularly exciting case that is still puzzling. All in all, however, it falls short of expectations and goes in circles very interesting topic that was unfortunately told in a boring way. To date, a reward of 10 million US dollars has been offered for apprehending the perpetrators. In "The Greatest Art Theft in History", Netflix takes us into a particularly exciting case that is still puzzling. All in all, however, it falls short of expectations and goes in circles.

This documentary series tells the story of the famous Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and what happened there one night back in March 1990, the most infamous art theft in history.

The case itself is a fascinating one, one I studied years ago, you will be shocked, you'll be surprised, you may also get a tiny bit bored.

This four part documentary series, was too long, the first two episodes are very good, they should have made this a two part series, the last two parts drag a bit, and unfortunately lack any real content.

It's of course very well made, contains some very interesting details, you will see the ripple effect of the crime, it took its toll on so many people associated with The Museum.

Lots of old rogues and criminals, it really is a good old fashioned rogues gallery, interesting to learn the fate of those suspected.

After a good start it just becomes a little too slow and conjecture based. 6/10.

Admittedly, nothing earth shattering is revealed or solved, but having no prior knowledge, I found the case quite interesting. There's some humor and quite a cast of characters involved. The interviewees are credible, in most cases it's those who were there as it happened.

This has got to be an embarrassing case for the FBI, who put a lot of resources to no result in all this time. I'm now interested and would love to know who really took these pieces and where they've been for all these years.

This series goes over the known details of the crime, the missing pieces from the museum, and the likely suspects and evidence that potentially ties them to the heist. Episode 3 was a real highlight for me, and it seemed that everyone who was allegedly connected to the crime ended up dead. That episode does a great job of showing the connections each mobster had to each other and potentially to the robbery as well.

More than 30 years later and the case is still unsolved, which makes the documentary a little more open ended and speculative than some may like, but overall this is an excellent overview of what is known and how the the authorities came to form their theories.

A bit trivial approach to the story and a bit sensationalized. But the music is really really bad.

Shame they didn't invest in a suitable composer for this project.

Holy moly are these Netflix docs really reaching these days. They stretched what should have been a tight 45 min doc into a 4 episode 4hr slog. They veer off in so many directions with pointless interviews and filler.

Its bad when you can tell its filler.

It seems to be a trend lately to make these dime a dozen docs as long as possible instead of making them ya know...good. Look I get ppl are bored but you can't sacrifice quality for an over blown run time. Even if more eyes on the screen means more $$$.

This was a snoozer and gets a heavy pass from me.

Gets a sympathetic 3/10 for buddy who had all that duct tape on his hair.

I had actually heard about this theft during an episode of Drunk History. When I first heard about it, I was shocked that these paintings were robbed and then never found. So, I was really excited to watch the docuseries, but I found that there were some issues.

The first episode focuses on the theft and those who were directly affected by it (e.g., the director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum, security guards and donors). I think that some of the interviews were completely unnecessary. The director had a unique perspective because she was in charge of the museum, its security and the protection of the pieces inside. However, interviewing the guards and a key benefactor did not add anything to the story.

Several interviews felt pointless and felt like the writers wanted to lengthen the story when it did not need to. There are several theories about where the paintings are today and This is a Robbery goes down all of these rabbit holes by even talking to experts and those with criminal backgrounds in the UK. One of them even asks why they are asking him these questions and seems very angry. It's somewhat of the same emotion I felt because I knew this interview was only a waste of time.

The main issue is that this series needed to be two episodes that detailed the theft and its aftermath. I still found it quite interesting, but it needed to be shorter. Murder Among the Mormons (another amazing Netflix docuseries) was a perfect length and this was just too long. The writers and directors clearly felt a need to talk about a seven year gap after the theft, but I am a little unsure why. All of the information regarding what happened March 18, 1990 did not occur until the late 90s-early 2000s. It's this block of time in the early 90s that the show focuses on that is really damaging.

So, I loved when some answers were finally delivered in the third and fourth episodes. This is a Robbery is very entertaining, but expect the story to move slowly. It is only four episodes and I finished it quickly, so it is easy to get through. Thank you for reading my review.

As long a time Massachusetts/Boston resident I knew very little about the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum robbery. The series certainly brought me up to date.

I agree with the producers that the robbery has not gotten much media attention over the years by the Boston media and the series implies that the Boston Police dept and FBI could have done much better jobs with the investigation. There were two eyewitnesses who directly saw the two robbers prior to entering the museum who were never interviewed by the FBI and Boston Police Dept documentation of their testimonies were inaccurate. The FBI assigned a very junior agent to the case as well.

The final minutes of the series finally introduces the identities of two individuals likely to have been the actual robbers....and then the series abruptly ends!

So I hope there are more episodes!

The plot starts off with thrill and surprise, explaining what really happened. Some neat building plans and perspectives. And then it goes down long frustrating rabbit holes of explaining how the mob works, how the mafia works, how small time crooks can be suspect, how art works are smuggled, how guards talk to dead art, how art is love etc.

There is nothing remotely thrilling about the story for large swathes, and it only manages to bore you out. The constant flashforwards become convoluting too. You could leave the show running for 3 episodes and you'd miss nothing.

I won't claim to know what you were trying to accomplish, but you certainly got my recognition. The soundtrack is the audio equivalent of eating ghost peppers right after having all your teeth pulled. I'm just some dude on the toilet, but please show mercy on your next project.

A short and concise documentary on the art theft at the Boston Gardener Museum, following the investigations and suspected thiefs. The interviews were relevant and the doc had a good flow. A lot of the museum shots were reused often and story sometimes went a bit off topic.

I agree with the general consensus that this could have been shorter. I really loved the first two episodes (particularly the print outs of the security warnings) but the last two episodes weren't as great.

March 18 1990. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, in Boston Massachusetts. It's a four part documentary. It's stated that Saint Paddy's day in boston is always on sunday, so march 18. Two robbers show up pretending to be cops, responding to a call at 25 Evans Way. But they are really thieves, and take thirteen works of art. Former employee security guard Karen Sangregory narrates the tale of how she arrived at work, and found the scene, the next morning. Anne Hawley, who had been a director of the museum, describes the various paintings that had been roughly cut out of the frames and taken. It's certainly interesting. And sad. One shortcoming is that they use white captions on white backgrounds, which is a no-no. Directed by Colin Barnicle. Won awards for his film on Billy Joel. This is ok... it really should have been a one hour doc. Lots of repetition. It's also odd that one of the security guards that was tied up is included in the film (richard abath), but as of today, is not listed in the credits. Was it a job by one of the local mafia families?

I'm not American so the whole case was new to me. Don't google it before watching it. It goes off on numerous tangents, very entertaining tangents involving the Irish mob, the Italian mob, the IRA and numerous art experts, lawyers, fbi guys, cops and journalists. I developed an appreciation for the main work stolen "Storm on the Sea of Gallilee" by Rembrandt. Its truly a beautiful painting even on TV. Imagine what it like in real life. It's all fun and non violent apart from a few mobsters who get clipped. Negative reviews from art barbarians and mob people. Lol.

I really liked it. We see all the problems of security of museum and some of people who steal these arts. I really enjoyed it and this is a documentary pretty different than the other documentary offer by netflix and i need to say that the tv show is prety well made. I recommend it.

Horribly put together documentary that was undeserving of being on Netflix. So bad. Please don't waste your time watching this series, just Google the case. You'll learn more in 5 minutes doing that than you do watching this sorry excuse for a professionally made documentary.

This story is 1-1.5 hour tops. Content producers should now this by now. Personally I have to see things through so thank god for social media as I could be partially distracted from the slow pace and lack of revelations this limited series provided.

I love both art history and heists so this was right up my alley. I see a lot of people complaining here that this was drug out too long, but I thought it was packed full of great information. I love that this is a story that is still an unsolved mystery after so many years. This documentary does a great job of unmasking many different theories and presenting them without an agenda. It made me want to go research these artworks, these people, these stories even more. I sought out other stories like it and even started a book idea after watching this show. This is a story that needed to be told, and I thought the directors here did an excellent job. I was also very impressed with how many people involved in the heist in some way were willing to speak on camera. Very cool.

The story is interesting, but there isn't enough here for four parts. Frankly, it was so bloated that they turned what should have been an interesting story into something I'd recommend you do not watch.