[nowhere in africa]
[
confidence]
[
chicago]
[
bowling for columbine]
[
white oleander]
[
greek wedding]
[
minority report]
[
star wars episode II]
[
i am sam]
[
a beautiful mind]
[
k-pax]
[
the score]
[
a.i.]
[
pearl harbor]
[
bridget jones' diary]
[
15 minutes]
[
the mexican]
[
o brother]
[
crouching tiger]
[
cast away]
[
little nicky]
[
almost famous]
[
gone in sixty seconds]
[
the whole nine yards]
[
scream 3]

the score

Date: August 20, 2001

Rating:    

The Score was one of the most enjoyable movies I've seen in a long time.

Set in Montreal, it stars Robert de Niro and Edward Norton, two of my favourite actors, in a classic caper story that's just a lot of fun to watch. For starters, it was nice to see our city actually playing itself for once, as opposed to Chicago or Atlantic City or something. For another, it includes some great plot twists and turns, and enough excitement to keep most of the audience on the edge of their seats. Add some great lines into the mix, and you almost have a winner.

The best part of The Score is, of course, the acting. Robert de Niro is always good, Edward Norton has become one of my all-time favourite actors and I keep becoming a bigger fan of him every time I see him. He pulls off the fake mentally handicapped role extremely convincingly, and switches back and forth between characters seamlessly. And Marlon Brando is classic.

The down sides? The movie started slow. Angela Bassett is completely wasted on a two-dimensional peripheral role as a love interest that really has no business being included in the movie. I guess some Hollywood executive decided the cast needed a female presence, but I didn't see the point. These small things kept me from giving The Score the fourth star it came so close to deserving.

That being said, go see The Score. It's one of the most fun movies I've seen in a long time.