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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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Popular reviews

Review by Matt Singer ★★★ 26

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 18

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 Marian ★★½ 3

if ben affleck was so smart he wouldn't have cheated on amy dunne

Recent reviews

Review by Kimberly Holtman ★★★½

It's not everyday that a character in a movie attended your high school. Anna Kendrick's character boasts of having been in Naperville North's Math Club.
Review by Fireman7665 ★★★★

Weaponized autism
Review by Henrik Højmark Jensen ★★★

Expectation: 6/10

Review: I would like more of the action scenes.

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Review by EveryMovieEver ★★½

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Review by Chris Flores ★★★

Not the most story/plot driven film, but an interesting enough concept with some cool action.
Review by Tessa ★★ 1

The only entertaining thing about this film was Jon Bernthal's luscious locks.
Review by Mikey Brzezinski ★★★½

I turned my TV on today and this was just starting on Cinemax and for whatever reason, I didn't change the channel to see if anything better was on. But this was immensely more entertaining than I remember it being. Works so much better as a character piece and a study of familial bonds than it ever does as an action thriller. I enjoy this movie a lot though and O'Connor handles it with a shocking amount of delicacy and nuance. This might be my favorite non-Batman Affleck performance as well.
Review by jproz22 ★★★

A middle of the road movie all around. Interesting backstory held it together. Quality song by Sean Rowe at the credit scenes was a good choice.
Review by Qaisara M. ★★★½

i reckon it was well put together and i had questions which were answered by the end of the film. like a puzzle, the whole picture was shown and it was holistic. it addresses some issues which were the underlying motives of raising awareness at some point but it’s all correlated and nothing was of no use. + the action bit got me hooked.