The Score

Name: The Score
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: July 13, 2001
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Edward Norton, Robert De Niro

2001

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THE SCORE

Movie Details & Credits

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: July 13, 2001

Starring: Edward Norton, Robert De Niro

Summary: Career thief Nick Wells (De Niro) postpones his plans for retirement and joins forces with a young upstart (Norton) to mastermind a nearly impossible theft.

Director: Frank Oz

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

Rating: R

Runtime: 124 min

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86	#86 Best Movie of 2001
37	#37 Most Shared Movie of 2001

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Washington Post - Desson Thomson

The best heist flick since "The Usual Suspects," a perfect 10 of a movie. Read full review

Chicago Tribune - Michael Wilmington

It's a summit meeting between three brilliant leading men from three generations with three striking on-screen personas. Read full review

Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman

A sturdily diverting old fashioned heist thriller that looks like a masterpiece of sheer competence next to the slovenly action fantasy F/X grab bags that have been passing for summer entertainment. Read full review

San Francisco Chronicle - Bob Graham

This is a solid suspense thriller that's fun. These stars have put it together in a spirit of playfulness -- as in playacting. Read full review

New York Post - Lou Lumenick

Except when Norton is playing retarded, he and De Niro basically compete to see who can under-act the other. It's positively mesmerizing. Read full review

New York Magazine (Vulture) - Peter Rainer

I'm not sure I have it in me to rant yet again about what a deprivation it is for our finest actor to deny us his genius in this way. Read full review

The New York Times - Dana Stevens

I don't know how much The Score cost, but it's pretty close to worthless. Read full review

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Scorpion

May 19, 2013

His story accompanied by great performances by De Niro and Norton, makes the film interesting and exciting to be in the best style Mission impossible.

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MovieGuys

Aug 14, 2014

The Score is a perfectly good heist movie with fine performances from DeNiro and Norton. It isn't a classic, but it's good in itself, on its own terms. The characters as well as the setup keep the story entertaining, and a couple of twists and turns churn out a fulfilling ending with someThe Score is a perfectly good heist movie with fine performances from DeNiro and Norton. It isn't a classic, but it's good in itself, on its own terms. The characters as well as the setup keep the story entertaining, and a couple of twists and turns churn out a fulfilling ending with some actual payoffs.… Expand

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Spangle

Aug 20, 2013

Overall, it's a good film. De Niro, Norton, and Brando, deliver great performances as usual in a film that is successful in getting you to root for the bad guys.

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LaurenKron

Mar 29, 2018

Getting by mainly on its cast and occasionally fizzy energy, Frank Oz's "The Score" is a light-weight caper that mildly appeals, though it never stands out. Revolving around a safe-cracker who is roped in to doing one last heist before he retires, the film has a few good twists and turns butGetting by mainly on its cast and occasionally fizzy energy, Frank Oz's "The Score" is a light-weight caper that mildly appeals, though it never stands out. Revolving around a safe-cracker who is roped in to doing one last heist before he retires, the film has a few good twists and turns but is, ultimately, nothing too far above an average viewing experience.

Be it a gunfighter, gangster, or thief, the tale of the career criminal making one last score before hanging it all up is a recognizable narrative route. "The Score" offers nothing out of the ordinary in terms of that route, but it is solidly imagined. Full of the requisite twists and backstabbings, the plot is compelling if nothing too original.

Oz's cast is the film's strongest ingredient with Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, and Marlon Brando filling the marquee. All are in good form for their various career stages and help to drive the film's energy. Oz keeps things light, but ensures that enough danger and peril drive the well-assembled production.

"The Score" is a completely watchable and well-cast piece of work. It is just not apt to stick in anybody's memory too long after seeing it. Still, it is a perfectly competent heist drama with a respectable amount of low-key charms.… Expand

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Tss5078

Aug 8, 2015

In what was widely considered to be a passing of the torch, three generations of Hollywood superstars, joined forces for a thriller known as The Score. I found this to be a very strange film, as it features both moments of high intensity and moments that are painfully slow. Robert De NiroIn what was widely considered to be a passing of the torch, three generations of Hollywood superstars, joined forces for a thriller known as The Score. I found this to be a very strange film, as it features both moments of high intensity and moments that are painfully slow. Robert De Niro stars as Nick Wells, the best safe cracker you could find, but as he's getting older and seeking more stability in his life. Considering retirement, Wells is asked to be part of one last big score, that will have him, and his fence, set for life. Wells reluctantly agrees, before finding out there is a catch, he'll be working with his possible replacement, an arrogant and cocky young man, who could wind up getting them all caught. As far as acting goes, you may never see a better trio of leading men, De Niro, Marlon Brando, and especially Edward Norton were absolutely terrific in their roles. The film however doesn't really take off until the crime actually begins. For over an hour they are in the planning stage, painstakingly going over every detail, and it really is as bad as it sounds, in fact, I almost turned it off, until the wheels were set in motion. From that point, the film really is terrific, with an ending that will leave your jaw on the floor! I was very happy with the last forty minutes of the film, and all three actors were fantastic, but so much of this film moves at a snails pact that I really couldn't give it a higher rating. This is a two hour film, that could have easily been shortened to an hour and a half, without losing any of it's integrity. All the detailed plans and unnecessary back and fourth make the first hour of this film painful, but if you can stick with it, the second hour is certainly worth it.… Expand

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amheretojudge

Sep 25, 2018

may not sore perpetually..

The Score The Score is a plot driven crime thriller about a heist that bonds in two major players of this game, one is about to retire and one is much younger in this chase. It gets few sequences correctly and even though the incongruent and loud background scoremay not sore perpetually..

The Score

The Score is a plot driven crime thriller about a heist that bonds in two major players of this game, one is about to retire and one is much younger in this chase. It gets few sequences correctly and even though the incongruent and loud background score tugs out the heat from the soul, the effort is always plausible. Addition to that, what it does get right, are the steps of the structure that it takes, it is sensible and is calculative to all the possibilities, hence that allows it to dig deep and get into a detailed analysis of a simple heist. Now just like the mission projected in feature, another problem bounces back for the makers, amidst all these carefully formed husky material, there lies very thin crisp for it to offer the cinematic experience to the viewers. As mentioned earlier, the background score isn't impressive, the cinematography isn't creative and neither is something extraordinary in its editing; it's a mediocrity lane. De Niro's act is more reserved and buried under the hatch of the so called experience for it to be expressive enough and on the other side Norton gets quite a wide range to fill it in and he does it convincingly. Oz's execution might be old school but it works, if it's ought to be slow then let it be slow since the script is gripping enough to keep the audience invested in it. The narration is lucrative and adaptive with surprisingly not of vivid nature that costs the makers a great deal in its latter stages. The actual mission that undergoes various variations is what makes it stand alone than your usual crime genre. The Score may not sore perpetually but its pragmatic dose of thrills that it keeps hitting on our face makes it a challenging score if not the winning one.… Expand

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