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The Score

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74% Tomatometer 129 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
Career thief Nick Wells (Robert De Niro) is about to mastermind a nearly impossible theft that will require his joining forces with a clever young accomplice (Edward Norton). The unlikely alliance, arranged by Nick's longtime friend and fence, Max (Marlon Brando), interrupts Nick's plan to retire from crime and settle down with his fiancée, Diane (Angela Bassett). Worse, it requires that Nick violate his most important rule: Always work alone.
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Critics Consensus

Though the movie treads familiar ground in the heist/caper genre, Robert DeNiro, Edward Norton, and Marlon Brando make the movie worth watching.

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Jamie Russell BBC.com Sep 17, 2001
4/5
Oz courts first-rate performances from each of his stars. Go to Full Review
Andrew Sarris Observer Jul 20, 2001
Manages to waste a prestigious cast on a tediously long-winded caper plot. Go to Full Review
Robert Koehler Variety Jul 18, 2001
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. Go to Full Review
Michael D. Reid Victoria Times Colonist (B.C., Canada) Apr 30, 2024
3/5
[The cast] don't just plot to steal a priceless jeweled scepter... in this absorbing, standard-issue heist flick. They also steal as many scenes as director Frank oz and his screenwriters swipe ideas from other movies. Go to Full Review
Dan DiNicola The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) Apr 30, 2024
A
The best heist flick since The Usual Suspects, a perfect 10 of a movie that makes beautiful music out of the basics. Go to Full Review
John A. Nesbit Old School Reviews Jan 30, 2011
C
Part of the fun is watching and listening to Brando parody his slurred speech Go to Full Review
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Poe L Mar 4, 2019 They could have cast a better actor for DeNiro, it would have worked better, maybe.
Theodore M Feb 8, 2019 Brilliant film ! The best one I had seen in a long while. Great action. Great acting. A fantastic 'must see' film !
Draco S Dec 11, 2018 since the beginning of the movie it kept me entertain, and it just pure suspense, I'm a sucker in this type of heist films, and Deniro and Norton are well cast. Overall this film is basically nothing new and can be seen in many different forms at video stores world wide the thing that kept this movie up was the plot and the talented cast, I enjoyed it and think it is worth watching for that. So for this being a perfect good suspense movie, leading to another heist movie, I give " The Score " a B. See more
Luke S Sep 25, 2018 may not sore perpetually.. The Score The Score is a plot driven crime thriller about a heist that bonds in two major players of this game, one is about to retire and one is much younger in this chase. It gets few sequences correctly and even though the incongruent and loud background score tugs out the heat from the soul, the effort is always plausible. Addition to that, what it does get right, are the steps of the structure that it takes, it is sensible and is calculative to all the possibilities, hence that allows it to dig deep and get into a detailed analysis of a simple heist. Now just like the mission projected in feature, another problem bounces back for the makers, amidst all these carefully formed husky material, there lies very thin crisp for it to offer the cinematic experience to the viewers. As mentioned earlier, the background score isn't impressive, the cinematography isn't creative and neither is something extraordinary in its editing; it's a mediocrity lane. De Niro's act is more reserved and buried under the hatch of the so called experience for it to be expressive enough and on the other side Norton gets quite a wide range to fill it in and he does it convincingly. Oz's execution might be old school but it works, if it's ought to be slow then let it be slow since the script is gripping enough to keep the audience invested in it. The narration is lucrative and adaptive with surprisingly not of vivid nature that costs the makers a great deal in its latter stages. The actual mission that undergoes various variations is what makes it stand alone than your usual crime genre. The Score may not sore perpetually but its pragmatic dose of thrills that it keeps hitting on our face makes it a challenging score if not the winning one. See more
Aug 7, 2018 The story was so slow, and the end was very obvious. I literally fall asleep.
Draco P Jul 28, 2018 A basic caper plot with a twist.
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Synopsis Career thief Nick Wells (Robert De Niro) is about to mastermind a nearly impossible theft that will require his joining forces with a clever young accomplice (Edward Norton). The unlikely alliance, arranged by Nick's longtime friend and fence, Max (Marlon Brando), interrupts Nick's plan to retire from crime and settle down with his fiancée, Diane (Angela Bassett). Worse, it requires that Nick violate his most important rule: Always work alone.
Director
Frank Oz
Producer
Gary Foster, Lee Rich
Screenwriter
Kario Salem, Lem Dobbs, Scott Marshall Smith, Roland Pellegrino, Adam Platnick, Bernard Williams
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Horseshoe Bay Productions, Paramount Pictures, Eagle Point Production, Mandalay Pictures
Rating
R (Language)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 13, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$71.1M
Runtime
2h 3m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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