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Bank, The

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 15 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by: Robert Connolly
Directed by: Robert Connolly
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 25, 2002
DVD: June 17, 2003
Running Time: 99 minutes, Color
Origin: Australia / Italy
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Sibylla Budd, Steve Rodgers, Mitchell Butel, Mandy McElhinney, Greg Stone, and Kazuhiro Muroyama
This anti-banking parable tells the story of a brilliant mathematician (Wenham) who has designed a computer program to predict the fluctuations of the world's stock markets. Conflicts emerge when the program comes to the attention of a cunning bank president (LaPaglia).
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What The Critics Said
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Variety David Stratton
Will connect with anyone who ever had a bad experience with a bank or finance company, and provides a satisfyingly loathsome character in Anthony LaPaglia's engaging protrayal of a corporate shark.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
A hokey but highly entertaining tale of corporate greed that should be especially satisfying if you're pissed off at big business.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
It blends an intriguing concept with a suspenseful plot, and the result is a gripping 103 minutes at the movies.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
The film is not without its flaws, but it sports a terrific production design that integrates magically into the story -- as well as another top-notch performance by Anthony LaPaglia.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Marta Barber
The Bank, despite its faulty finale, is a fun and thrilling ride.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Jon Strickland
Like "Wall Street" before it, The Bank never amounts to more than a glossy comic book, and first-time writer-director Robert Connolly stumbles with his plotting and his direction of Wenham.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
The upshot is a whopper of an ending that is as silly as it is satisfying.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
The sleek, well-oiled, well-acted The Bank, while as meaty as a steak, is short on sizzle.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
Handsomely shot and edited, The Bank benefits greatly from the brutal ministrations of LaPaglia,
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Emily Nunn
Like the film itself, Jim Doyle is smart enough to be engaging and lovely to look at, but he's too one-dimensional to be satisfying.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Though the script's twists and turns are fairly conventional and the Davis subplot is handled in an awkwardly obvious way, first-time feature filmmaker Robert Connolly understands the power of style.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Michael Atkinson
Polished and visualized with a sharp sense of place, writer-director Robert Connolly's drama is propped up by bogus science (the relationship between stock undulations and the Mandelbrot set is never made plausible), and the characters are paint-by-numbers.
Read Full Review >New York Post Megan Lehmann
Despite a crafty premise and a clever kink in the tale that almost saves it, Connolly isn't dexterous enough to achieve the Hitchockian level of suspense the movie needs.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
LaPaglia brings the hero into a world of greed and compromised values, but his fork-tongued monologues aren't remotely seductive, which makes the ending a foregone conclusion.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Vicky Dimitrakopoulos
Neither a stimulating satire nor a serious exposure of the operations of the finance industry.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
david p. gave it a10:
Connolly uses intellect and insight to create a hitchock style suspenseful piece of drama that keeps you guessing to the end - great script.
Mahree D. gave it a 9:
Great viewing at home on VHS. Oh what wicked webs can be weaved and how retribution can be mightier.
Jo C. gave it a 9:
Very clever. An exciting film with an enthralling storyline and an excellent ending. I really enjoyed it.
