* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: A lot of this analysis following TheReveal that [[spoiler: Gin actually is a thief and Mac is a cop working for the FBI]].
** Gin is an insurance worker. Mac is a retired thief.
** How much of what Gin said to Mac about stealing the Rambramt painting was true? Was it all a ploy to win him over on her mission? [[spoiler: Or did she actually commit the heist depicted in the film's opening]]?
** Close viewer inspection and rewatching would notice that the thief in the opening stealing the Rambramt painting [[spoiler: has a notably smaller height and figure. Odds are it was actually Gin]].
* BestKnownForTheFanservice:
** The film is probably most famous for the shot of Creator/CatherineZetaJones squirming her ass to the floor to squeeze under a laser tripwire. That scene was also pretty much the entire advertising campaign as well.
** And the scene where Creator/CatherineZetaJones wakes up completely naked in bed and finds Creator/SeanConnery pointing her own gun at her and he threatens to toss her out the window in her state of undress if she doesn't answer his questions (similar to what happened to another lovely brunette, Creator/LanaWood, in Connery's last Creator/EonProductions ''Film/JamesBond'' film, ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'').
* MagnificentBastard: Mat "Mac" Macdougal is a suave Scottish GentlemanThief who secretly made a deal with the FBI to capture up-and-coming thief Virgina "Gin" Baker. Mac steals a valuable Creator/{{Rembrandt|VanRijn}} {{painting|s}} initially stolen by Gin after spying on her, later agreeing to pull a heist with her after gathering enough incriminating material to blackmail her. After successfully completing this heist following weeks of preparation, Mac later agrees with Gin to participate in the theft of 9 billion dollars from the International Clearance Bank in Malaysia by exploiting the Y2K bug. Mac sacrifices himself to allow Gin to escape, meeting up with her again at a train station to reveal his true allegiances, but having realized he fell in love with her, allows her to escape again by bribing his FBI handler and letting her keep 2 billion dollars.
* {{Squick}}: For some viewers, the 40 year age gap between Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sean Connery is just too much and veers into gross when the two fall in love. Their "romance" very frequently turns up whenever blogs or magazines/newspapers make Worst Onscreen Kiss lists and it's usually at the top, no less.
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