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The Accountant

2016 Directed by Gavin O'Connor

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As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.

Ben Affleck Anna Kendrick J.K. Simmons Jon Bernthal Jeffrey Tambor John Lithgow Jean Smart Cynthia Addai-Robinson Andy Umberger Alison Wright Daeg Faerch Inder Kumar Michael Beasley

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Review by Matt Singer ★★★ 25

Not terrible, but I would have liked it better if he had used more accounting-related puns when he killed people. “You know what I’m about to depreciate? Your life.” <BOOM>

Full review at ScreenCrush.
Review by Ava Davis ★★★½ 17

This is a movie for DADS all around the world take your FATHER to go see this and he'll have a GREAT DAD TIME.
Review by matt lynch ★★★ 4

BAD WILL HUNTING
Review by davidehrlich ★★ 10

For all the talk of sequels, reboots, and live-action remakes, it can be comforting to be confronted with the occasional reminder that Hollywood is still capable of surprising us. Case in point: “The Accountant,” a new Warner Bros. action movie in which Ben Affleck plays an ass-kicking autistic man who travels the globe under a series of aliases and performs elite maths for some of the world’s most dangerous people. This is a real thing starring real people and made with real money (although not very much of it, as the film’s $40 million budget pales in comparison to the $175 million that the same studio recently spent on the production of “Suicide Squad”).

And though — or perhaps because…
Review by Steve G ★★★★ 23

Judging by some of the reviews floating around for The Accountant, as the father of two autistic children it looks as though I'm supposed to be offended and / or horrified by this film.

The presentation of Ben Affleck's crack accountant / lethal weapon as an autistic superhero has apparently not sat well with a few people. But if you're coming into a Hollywood blockbuster expecting it to be a sensitive portrayal of the disorder, then you're looking in all the wrong places.

Indeed, to counter some of the inevitable outrage (which hasn't been widespread, in fairness), I'd say it's somewhat incorrect to completely dismiss a lot of the acts that Affleck portrays in this film as being completely unrealistic…
Review by Jared S. ★★★★ 2

A perfectly measured amount of sincerity, sensitivity, muscle and awareness make The Accountant a blast of a film, with a real standout performance from the eternally underappreciated Affleck at it's center. Gavin O'Connor clearly knows how to make an entertaining flick, and it's stellar cast only made him better. Awesome stuff that is really presented perfectly.

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Recent reviews

Review by Brandon Kirby ★ 1

1 Star out of 4

Jfc this was dumb
Review by zool_ ★½

If John Wick had an accountant.
Review by Don Walton Jr ★★★½

Dumb fun
Review by Frank Harburn ★★★★★

I've just watched this again for the third time this year, and I just love it. Should be in the Now Playing most underrated book for sure.
Review by Rob Pears ★★★★

Nothing that you haven't seen before, but at the same time it was very entertaining.
Review by James Doolittle ★★½

I'm totally convinced this is an unproduced Steven Seagal script from 1990, with a bit of unexpected heart-on-sleeve twisties to not at least warrant a rewatch. That said, it's a dead heat on who is more miscast between Affleck and Hendricks.
Review by just_myrna ★★★★★

Fucking phenomenally mind blowing.
Review by Krakatoacoo ★★★½

Weaponised Autism
Review by Mat McCauley ★★★

Imagine if Cannon films was still around and actually had a budget. This is the kind of movie they would roll out and it brings a smile to my face. The premise of this movie is absurd but as I watched I couldn't look away. Overall this movie is highly watchable and Ben Affleck channeling his inner John Wick is pretty rad.