The Virtuoso

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The Virtuoso

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2021,

1h 49m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Comedy/

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Crime/

History/

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Danger, deception, and murder descend upon a sleepy country town when a professional assassin (Anson Mount) accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic mentor and boss (Oscar® winner Anthony Hopkins). Given only where and when along with a cryptic clue, the methodical hit man must identify his mysterious mark from among several possible targets, including a local sheriff (David Morse). Meanwhile, a chance encounter with an alluring woman (Abbie Cornish) at the town's rustic diner threatens to derail his mission in this noir-style cloak-and-dagger thriller.

Critics Consensus

Don't let the title -- or the talented cast -- fool you: The Virtuoso falls far shy of even base level competency in its attempts to wring fresh excitement from a threadbare assassin thriller setup.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

May 6, 2021

2/4

Lethargic direction and bland acting drags down what could have been a decent neo-noir.

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

May 5, 2021

1/5

Michael Caine famously bought a new house with his fee for making Jaws 4. What Anthony Hopkins splashed out on after completing The Virtuoso remains unknown.

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Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

Apr 30, 2021

1/4

Too dumb to actually be any good and too dull to at least be entertainingly bad.

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Paul Klein

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

Jul 4, 2024

2/5

The Virtuoso is meandering yet thin, big on mood and stylish direction from Stagliano but low on that most crucial of things – thrills.

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Dan Bayer

Next Best Picture

May 10, 2022

5/10

Never fully settles on a tone, leaving it stranded in a no-man's-land in-between "intriguing genre exercise" and "fun genre parody."

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Victoria Luxford

DMovies

Feb 17, 2022

1/5

Theres really very little to recommend The Virtuoso, a film that contents itself with being a vague approximation of better films that have come before.

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Synopsis

Danger, deception, and murder descend upon a sleepy country town when a professional assassin (Anson Mount) accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic mentor and boss (Oscar® winner Anthony Hopkins). Given only where and when along with a cryptic clue, the methodical hit man must identify his mysterious mark from among several possible targets, including a local sheriff (David Morse). Meanwhile, a chance encounter with an alluring woman (Abbie Cornish) at the town's rustic diner threatens to derail his mission in this noir-style cloak-and-dagger thriller.

Director: Nick Stagliano
Screenwriter: James C. Wolf
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Pelican Films, Nazz Productions
Rating: R (Violence|Sexuality/Nudity|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Drama, Crime, History, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 30, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 30, 2021
Runtime: 1h 49m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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