Review of The Accountant (2016) by Odjento — 24 Oct 2016
This film is kinda an enjoyably bad movie. Ben Affleck is decent in his role and the first main portion of the film has you pretty interested in what's going on. Then all of a sudden the thriller aspect of the film gets snuffed away from itself due to the film being so blunt and abrupt in its story telling. It seemed that at one moment the writers said "you know what this script needs? More J.K. Simmons!" (Which don't get me wrong he's an awesome actor) and therefore let him give about 10 minutes of straight exposition. The film gets too melodramatic and silly towards the end and the final action scene doesn't feel as satisfying as previous ones, along with the guns in this film - especially in the last section - being obnoxiously loud. Overall the film is actually enjoyable enough to watch as a silly thriller that also has some laughs, but it's sloppy writing lets it down.
Should you see this film? Well if you do I don't believe you will have thought you'd wasted your time but you will probably come out knowing it was a badly made movie, yet you'll probably have a little smile on your face.
This review of The Accountant (2016) was written by Odjento on 24 Oct 2016.
The Accountant has generally received positive reviews.
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