In “Caught Stealing,” director Darren Aronofsky teaches a lesson about cat-sitting for neighbors: Don’t.

Eager to get back home, a punker (nicely played by Matt Smith) stashes his cat with neighbor Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) when he makes a quick getaway.

Thompson, a former baseball player who now tends bar, is unsure he’s the best man for the job. But then thugs come calling, ask for the missing neighbor and leave a calling card – a thrashing that lands the cat sitter in the hospital.

Thankfully, Hank doesn’t ignore authorities and calls a detective (smartly played by Regina King) who has a “been there, done that” past with others. She takes the info, then tells him there are two Orthodox Jews who also have been nosing around.

Before long, poor Hank is toting the cat through New Yo

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