The Score

The Score seems to start off slow for some, but the film's speed is important for the movie. It shows how DeNiro's character lives his life and his life is essential to the plot. "One more" is what he has been saying for years, but this time he means it and will do whatever it takes to make sure nothing goes wrong. Edward Norton's character gives Bob the most grief because he isn't sure if Norton will fly straight. Norton's performance is doubly magnificent and anyone who hasn't seen this actor in action is missing out big time. Brando delivers about 5 scenes that are right on key and provides some comic relief that fits nicely. Overall a really good film that will leave audiences with their jaws on the floor.

The caper doesn't have a perfect plot -- either as a movie or a crime. Too much is left to chance or quite formulaic. How many times have we seen a soon-to-retire/just-retired master thief called up by a life-long friend/partner/lover for one last job with a huge pay-off and forced but whatever means to work with a young, arrogant unknown? But despite my best efforts to dismiss this movie, the three main actors are captivating ... passing the viewers' attention around as effortlessly as the Harlem Globetrotters with a basketball. It's well-worth seeing just for the acting, but it's sad to think what was missed by not giving these guys a better script.

Seven of ten from me.

First of all, I didn't hate this movie. The acting was good, the locations were colorful and interesting, and I wasn't bored. (Even though the plot of the movie moved slowly, each scene was interesting for one thing or another.) But we've all seen this basic plot many times. Sometimes seeing a formula once again can be fun, if it's filled with energy or a different perspective. But this movie just seemed content to present what we've seen before, and add nothing new to them. If you're bored this movie will do, but I don't think it's one to go out of your way for.

(P.S. - Fans of Brando and Bassett will be disappointed; not only are their roles very small, but their parts could easily have been written out with no real consequence to the story.)

A fairly good heist movie with 3 outstanding mega stars in Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando & Edward Norton. It really is the generation game with 3 different generations represented. De Niro & Norton are on top form and it's good to see them going back and forth. Marlon Brando is fine but it's clear to see he is being his usual awkward self as he spends most of the movie sitting down in large robes, it's obvious he was just doing his own thing with little effort or requirement. The biggest failure in the movie is Angela Bassett. It's hard to see why she took such a nothing role other than to work with the talent on show. Her character is reduced to 3 or 4 scenes with absolutely nothing to do. The ending is ok but seeing De Niro walk off into the sunset with Bassett doesn't feel earn as there has been hardly any development between the 2 characters to make us care. A solid heist movie which should have been a great one with the talent it had.

Yes, it's a cliché script, but it's a good one. De Niro, Norton and Brando in a classic heist movie from 20 years ago. What do you want more? It's 2 hours of oldschool moviewatching. Not too deep, no psychology, just a plan to rob an artefact and everything that can go wrong with that. De Niro and Norton team up with Brando on the background doing his cottonball in mouth dialogues. The movie delivers what it promises.