The Score

The Score (2001)

  • 73% of critics liked it
    (128 reviews)

  • 64% of users liked it
    (58,322 ratings)

Three generations of method acting giants unite for this crime thriller written by Kario Salem and directed by Frank Oz. Robert De Niro stars as Nick Wells, an aging thief whose specialty is safecracking and who is on the verge of retiring to a life of ease, running his jazz club and romancing his… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Kario Salem, Lem Dobbs, Scott Marshall Smith
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Jul 13, 2001 Wide
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

    Manages to waste a prestigious cast on a tediously long-winded caper plot.

  • Robert Koehler, Variety

    Restoring the seductive style of the no-nonsense procedural heist movie to complete luster, this is the kind of pic that knows the difference between being masculine and being macho.

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    Contains The Scene, a precious sequence already destined for infinite repetition.

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    A sturdily diverting old fashioned heist thriller.

  • Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

    A movie which gets the job done as simply, efficiently and intelligently as possible.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Graham J


    Three generations of acting giants and a great director fail miserably in this generic caper film.

  • Chris W


    You'd think that with this being a heist film that features Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, and Marlon Brando (in his final film role), that it would be 8 million kinds of awesome. Instead, it's merely somewhat better than average. The set up is a typical one: veteran… More

  • Lady D


    What Director Frank Oz has put together here are three generations of outstanding Talent. A sophisticated Heist movie, character driven, with an exciting build up to the Criminal Mastermind Operation. Exciting, tense at times and genius work with the use of the character… More

  • Anthony L


    It's not the best film ever made but I quite liked it! Norton and Bassett are really good, DeNiro's been better and Brando is vile. Directed by Miss Piggy ;o)

  • Leigh R


    Pretty good. I wouldn't watch over again.

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