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The Score

The Score

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great Flick
Review: I really enjoyed this film. The acting was decent, the story line was interesting and I did not know for sure how it was going to end until it did. Definitely worth the money.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not a masterpiece, just good, suspenseful fun.
Review: Like two other 2001 releases, Sexy Beast and Snatch, The Score is a tautly made heist movie. I liked it a little more than Sexy Beast and a lot more than Snatch, because director Frank Oz, unlike Jonathan Glazer and Guy Ritchie, isn't always throwing his technique in our faces. The Score doesn't pretend to be anything but an old-fashioned crime thriller, and it succeeds extremely well at it, not least because it is so beautifully cast. To see Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro and Edward Norton on screen together is the thespian equivalent of a six-course dinner at the Ritz. And if Brando looks as if he's consumed a few too many such dinners--his character here is a cross between Sydney Greenstreet and Truman Capote--it is still wonderful to see him again, and to see that he's still very much at the top of his acting game. As superb as the three male stars are, special mention must also be made of Angela Bassett, who brings charm and radiance to her small role as De Niro's girlfriend. The twists and turns in The Score's plot, with all the requisite double- and triple-crosses, are nothing new to any aficionado of heist movies. But they are supremely satisfying, and guarantee that all who see this movie will feel they got their money's worth.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not a lot of action but good supense
Review: In Brief the movie is a good thriller that somewhat lags in the planning of the robbery, and concludes rather sundenly. However, the cast makes the movie, and it is not a bad saturday afternoon.

Deniro, Norton, brando are excellent. Should see it.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: METHOD MAN
Review: 3 of the best method actors in one movie.How can you go wrong. Of course THE SCORE wasn't the heaviest of movies for all of this talent.Like DENIRO doing his RONIN-HEAT character again. It was cool to see MARLON BRANDO "not" make a fool of himself. Infact BRANDO brings some needed leavity to the movie.Lets not forget EDWARD NORTON who did as much as you could to make his role respectable.Oh,you can sit back and rip this movie apart but the METHOD MAN, is just to sit back an have some fun for a coupla' hours.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Woo hoo
Review: Great movie...good story, suspense, and limited action scenes couple by Ed Norton's great acting (and hot ...) and De Niro's...well De Niro is just cool. Marlon Brando is kind of freaky, though.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An outstanding adventure among so MUCH tripe this summer...
Review: This cast does an amazing job of crafting yet another great thief / con / double, triple, quadruple cross film.

Other favorites in this genre include "Thief" with James Caan and "Killing Zoe"

Ed Norton shines as always and Deniro remains in TOP form as the older safe cracker, Bassette is a great canvas for these two strong actors to play in front of and off of... Brando is also quite strong (quite a change from his most recent appearances)...

Frank Oz's calm hand behind the camera is best shown off in a film such as this which moves rapidly between kinetic energy scenes and close up shots of this ensemble cast.

Zenjoy.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: "THE SCORE" scores low on suspense.
Review: Despite the excellent casting of this movie"s "trifecta" of male stars, the story line drags, and fails to build suspense evenly as the crime unfolds. There are some interesting sequences, however, as the crime is "cased-out," but disappointment mounts as the movie comes to a loose and unbelievable conclusion. Marlon Brando carries the show as a Brando we have never seen before. Worth viewing not for the story line, but for the performances Brando, De Niro, and Norton.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Sccore wins
Review: The score is a fast paced thriller that will keep you guessing from start to finish. Robert De Nero is the consummate heist man ready for the 'last job.' Marlon Brando does what only Brando can do. He is brilliant on the weakling colleague who needs a big score or lose his life because of an extravagant life style. Ed Norton is the brash young turk who thinks he can out smart anybody. Well think again Ed. The movie has as many twitches and turn has you can handle and then adds one more for the kicker. Outstanding movie.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Puts the "S" in Suspence!
Review: This movie was too short! That's my only complaint. I wish that "The Score" had allotted more time to the development of the main characters and their relationships/histories with each other. For example, I would have enjoyed seeing what other heists Nick had pulled off in the past, knowing what his background was and what made him tick. All that aside, this was one of the most suspenseful movies that I have ever seen. I was left chewing my fingertips and wondering how much more edge-of-my-seat anxiety I could take right up until the end of the movie. De Niro as Nick was wonderful in an understated way. Angela Bassett has a small part but you do get to see glimpses of her throughout the film as De Niro's lovely fiancé. Don't want to say more and risk giving anything away, so go see this movie and enjoy!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Typical but great nonetheless
Review: It's your average caper but the star power alone brings this one to four stars.


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