The Accountant

Fresh and delightfully offbeat, The Accountant proves that a thriller can be complex and nuanced while fulfilling its mission to entertain.

One of the opening scenes of The Accountant consists of puzzle pieces being dumped on a table, and that’s a fine metaphor for the film.... A few pieces can’t be made to fit, and two of those are big ones. (More on that in a minute.) But the rest of the story has been well-constructed, and the picture it gradually reveals keeps you guessing up to the final scene.

The action-thriller The Accountant is laughable, but when you’re not laughing at it, you’re laughing with it. It’s enjoyable enough.

The Accountant would be more entertaining if it just acknowledged its own nerdy outlandishness. Still, it’s something to watch Affleck play a man who has trouble expressing his feelings and struggles to read those of others.

For all its respectable airs, The Accountant mostly induces shrugs. Sometimes, B-movies fare better when they settle for being their lowbrow selves.

Character motivations are glossed over, explanatory scenes are jammed in haphazardly, and the finale relies on a tonally bizarre combination of schmaltz, coincidence and violence that seems to betray the arc of the whole movie.

The Dark Knight director has had a mortifying effect on movies. In this case, it’s almost as if Affleck’s somber plunge into the calamitous, Nolan-produced "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" has followed him into other projects, like a heavy cologne. Avoid this one like the stink it is.

I'm frankly stunned by how critics treat this gem of a movie. What have these people been smoking?? This is a fantastic piece of filmmaking, with many fresh ideas, excellent acting on all parts, and one of the most a wonderful and deeply emotional twists near the end that I've seen in a long time. And for the most part, I never guessed what would happen next, which is not what one can say of most movies these days. How on earth is this movie scoffed at with such disdain by critics? Do yourself a favor, forget the critics, and just enjoy the ride. Implausible premise? Hell yes, but who cared about that in the last 50 thrillers and action flicks that got better ratings, if its wonderfully entertaining? Exactly.

Ortalama üstü bir film bence. Biraz da iyi zamanıma denk geldi. Ben abiye yakışmış rol, rolünde hakkını vermiş...

Ben Affleck plays a highly-functioning autistic man who cracks books by day and skulls by night, squashing threats of both a physical and financial nature for a wide range of criminal enterprises. I appreciate the basic concept, of a man with zero social capabilities who finds rhythm and peace in his very precise, specific line(s) of work, but the surrounding story is so worried about pulling one over on the viewer that it often feels too clever for its own good. Character motivations are a major issue, for example, with many players making an absurd, nonsensical about-face at crunch time. Even the anti-hero protagonist isn't immune to this, having less than no time for his female counterpart (Anna Kendrick) one day, then suddenly risking life and limb for her the next. That disconnect badly affects their on-screen relationship, far more than the abundant personality quirks brought about by his disorder. Affleck is great in the leading role, delivering precisely the mix of nerdy intellect and rough physical wherewithal necessary to bridge the two core aspects of his character. He works very well as both an antisocial genius and a ruthless, methodical, cold-blooded killer, and makes us forget about how unlikely a pairing that really is. That makes me think there's potential for more films in this franchise, even if its gimmicky, over-twisted first plot was a letdown.

Cliched characters, cliched stunts, cliched storytelling... But somehow smart and well acted (especially thanks to Ben Affleck), The accountant is just another fatally flawed entertainment that won't easily satisfy the audience.

Ben Affleck is fine. But Anna Kendrick can't act at all, which makes watching this movie very difficult. She's just so poorly suited for a lead role. All she can do is support. This could have been a much better movie with someone else in her role.