The Accountant

Name: The Accountant
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: October 14, 2016
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 51
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Ben Affleck, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal

2016

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: October 14, 2016 | R

Starring: Anna Kendrick, Ben Affleck, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal

Summary: Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King (J.K. Simmons), starting to closeChristian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King (J.K. Simmons), starting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk (Anna Kendrick) has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise.… Expand

Director: Gavin O'Connor and Gavin O'Connor

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 128 min

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Calvin Wilson

Oct 13, 2016

Fresh and delightfully offbeat, The Accountant proves that a thriller can be complex and nuanced while fulfilling its mission to entertain. Read full review

Brad Wheeler

Oct 13, 2016

The victory of The Accountant is in the tone. The title character isn’t presented as a superfreak – this isn’t "Rain Man," in which autistic gifts are presented as powers for parlour tricks – but as a prototype and a beautiful mutant, maybe even a superhero. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Oct 12, 2016

The Accountant is nothing if not a puzzle — not so much a jigsaw as a three-dimensional brain teaser that gets deeper and stranger with each new revelation. Read full review

The Playlist Nick Schager

Oct 12, 2016

Seemingly primed to deliver daffy thrills, The Accountant instead goes about its noble-killer business with all the excitement of an IRS audit. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Oct 13, 2016

The Accountant would be more entertaining if it just acknowledged its own nerdy outlandishness. Still, it’s something to watch Affleck play a man who has trouble expressing his feelings and struggles to read those of others. Read full review

A.A. Dowd

Oct 12, 2016

At various times, The Accountant aspires to a slick corporate-espionage thriller, a no-nonsense action flick, a tortured family drama, a quirky romantic comedy, and an earnest PSA about autism. At nearly all times, it’s preposterous. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

Oct 12, 2016

The Dark Knight director has had a mortifying effect on movies. In this case, it’s almost as if Affleck’s somber plunge into the calamitous, Nolan-produced "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" has followed him into other projects, like a heavy cologne. Avoid this one like the stink it is. Read full review

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TryASummersault

Oct 14, 2016

I knew this would be a good film, but I didn't expect it be the best Affleck performance/action thriller I've seen in years. This film is absolutely genius from the plot to its brutal intense action scene executions.There are several complex layers in the story with some big clever twistsI knew this would be a good film, but I didn't expect it be the best Affleck performance/action thriller I've seen in years. This film is absolutely genius from the plot to its brutal intense action scene executions.There are several complex layers in the story with some big clever twists and the emotional depth in the acting was astounding as well. After this, Ben Affleck might be the new go to action star. He slaughters his batman role in this as the autistic brilliant savant killer Christian Wolfe. So many new classic films this year.… Expand

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Jun 21, 2021

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yekimevol

Oct 24, 2016

I call this film the perfect Hitman movie, from that you can surmise some of the plot and type of action the viewer will see. Were it differs, is in the great story telling with scenes similar to that of the first part of die hard that give the view a great insite that explains the deepI call this film the perfect Hitman movie, from that you can surmise some of the plot and type of action the viewer will see. Were it differs, is in the great story telling with scenes similar to that of the first part of die hard that give the view a great insite that explains the deep intricacy's of Ben Affleck's character the accountant who is a Autistic Maths genius, a expect soldier and explains his motives well. The film isn't all action however and has sections of levity from the mannerisms of Affleck's characters autism, infact the cinema audience laughed more at this than the last ten comedys that ive seen, so it broke the action and narrative seens up well.… Expand

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DogeGamer2015

Jan 31, 2021

La trama está bien y las escenas de acción son decentes; sin embargo, la actuación de Ben Affleck es excelente.

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SomePersona

Feb 4, 2017

A well-acted and well-directed film that has great set up. The writing is kind of cliché, though, and the momentary editing is quite choppy. The structural editing is fine even though there is a ton of exposition in one scene of the movie.

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Aproxx

Aug 20, 2018

Ok. It wasn't in tears, but I felt surprised about how sweet the movie ends up being.

The movie is not complicated at all. Its pretty straight. A simple action/crime story (with an insane amount of suspension of disbelief needed). What makes it better than mediocre for me is theOk. It wasn't in tears, but I felt surprised about how sweet the movie ends up being.

The movie is not complicated at all. Its pretty straight. A simple action/crime story (with an insane amount of suspension of disbelief needed).

What makes it better than mediocre for me is the cinematography and the editing. A simple story like this one could've dragged without a proper editing helping to entertain in the more mundane parts.

Don't expect complicated storytelling and you'll be satisfied… Expand

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Broyax

Jan 17, 2020

C'est un petit génie des mathématiques (?) mais qui a fini expert-comptable (?)... ne devrait-il pas finir plutôt à la Nasa ou au Pentagone ou bosser pour Jack Ryan afin de contribuer à sauver le monde libre ?... en tant que super-agent euh... du Renseignement et...

Attendez, Wolffie estC'est un petit génie des mathématiques (?) mais qui a fini expert-comptable (?)... ne devrait-il pas finir plutôt à la Nasa ou au Pentagone ou bosser pour Jack Ryan afin de contribuer à sauver le monde libre ?... en tant que super-agent euh... du Renseignement et...

Attendez, Wolffie est aussi une burne euh... je veux dire une bournerie, un super-agent qui sait tout faire, mieux que ce ringard de James Bond et tout ça ! et tout ça, c'est parce qu'il était autiste quand il était petit. Alors, adulte, il l'est un peu moins mais il le reste quand même : c'est un grand timide à timidité variable mais surtout un putain de génie de sa mère qui sait tout faire, on te dit !

En, tout cas, Ben Affleck l'affligeant ou pas (ils auraient pu y caser Matt Damon le consternant, peu importe) cette grosse merdasse est en effet aussi stupide qu'elle en a bien l'air, aussi grotesque qu'elle l'est -vraiment- mais également aussi lente et mal faite qu'il est possible de (mal) faire, à son insu ou pas.

C'est-à-dire donc qu'en dehors de la stupidité, ça n'avance pas et que la moindre scène d'action est filmée n'importe comment et ne ressemble qu'à un gros tas de merde. Comme tout le reste du film, de toute façon.… Expand

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