Klepto (film)

Klepto is a 2003 straight-to-DVD independent thriller film starring Meredith Bishop and Jsu Garcia.

[1] In Los Angeles, Emily Brown is a kleptomaniac who is addicted to pills and misses her jailed father, and is undergoing therapy trying to resolve her compulsion.

She has a police record for shoplifting, and her mother Teresa is a compulsive shopper whose spending has ruined her financially.

Dennis Harvey, of Variety called Klepto an "engaging serio-comedy" and "nifty little character study-cum-caper"[1] picture.

Preston Jones, of DVD Talk praised "a pair of winning performances" in a screenplay which "draws you in close for a subtly surprising finale".