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Oct 14, 2016 · “How can you make a financial intrigue thriller more exciting than average?” You can almost hear screenwriter Bill Dubuque ask that question and then crack his knuckles during the opening minutes of “The Accountant.” Said opening minutes, directed with customary nose-to-the-grindstone conviction by Gavin O’Connor, feature a strange ...
Oct 14, 2016 · Using a small-town CPA office as a cover, he makes his living as a freelance accountant for dangerous criminal organizations. With a Treasury agent (J.K. Simmons) hot on his heels, Christian...
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In 2016's The Accountant, Ben Affleck plays Christian Wolff, a high- functioning autistic math genius usually hired to find faulty or illegal accounting practices as well as embezzlement for underworld types. He is sometimes paid in valuable paintings, gold bars, comic books, etc.
Mar 28, 2024 · The Accountant, starring Ben Affleck, is a divisive film with a 52% critical score but a 76% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics are conflicted about the plot and portrayal of autism, but audiences praise Affleck's performance and original concept.
“The Accountant” does plenty right – a good cast with good performances, bursts of intense well-shot action (occasionally laced with bits of dry humor), a dense but thoughtful story.
Oct 12, 2016 · ‘The Accountant’: Film Review. Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick star in Gavin O'Connor's thriller 'The Accountant,' the story of an antisocial math genius who is also an ace fighter and marksman.
Oct 13, 2016 · In its grueling scenes of martial-arts training, “The Accountant” suggests how cruelty in the name of teaching self-defense can destroy a child. The victim, Christian Wolff (played by Seth Lee...
Oct 12, 2016 · Film Review: ‘The Accountant’. While audiences wait for Ben Affleck's Batman movie, this unusual thriller is just comic-book-like enough to tide them over. By Peter Debruge. Courtesy of Warner...
The hook of Gavin O'Connor's The Accountant is both compelling and absurd: Ben Affleck plays Christian Wolff, a mathematics savant on the autism spectrum. He helps criminal organizations...
Oct 14, 2016 · 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.
