The Score

2001

Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller

134
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 73%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 67%
IMDb Rating 6.8 10 128493

Plot summary



May 26, 2018 at 03:37 AM

Director

Frank Oz

Top cast

Robert De Niro as Nick Wells
Angela Bassett as Diane
Edward Norton as Jack Teller
Marlon Brando as Max
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
750.34 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
R
23.976 fps
2 hr 4 min
P/S 2 / 26
1.98 GB
1904*816
English 2.0
R
23.976 fps
2 hr 4 min
P/S 4 / 17

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Quinoa1984 10 / 10

A Bang of (surprisingly) fresh filmaking

The Score is a movie that holds many elements together that makes is a highly watchable and ultimately suspensful crime movie. These elements are the cast, which has 3 of the finest American actors to ever grace the screen- Robert DeNiro, Edward Norton, and Don Vito Corleone himself, Marlon Brando. Also though another elements is from director Frank Oz, who is a household name (at least for me) by being a muppeteer since 1963 and has also directed some hits (Bowfinger, What About Bob) and misses (In and Out, Stepsitter). Now he tackles his first crime drama, and he does it exceptionally well in holding the suspense in a way that will hold it all together, unlike some thrillers that always pop up suspense and by the time the end comes your tired out from it all. While The Score holds a couple of things also that keep it from greatness (Angela Basset's character isn't really needed for DeNiro's motivations and also the trailer revealed too much of the movie so that the movie had to try extra hard to be thrilling), it also holds controlled and outstanding performances and crackerjack suspense throughout. One of the few real must-see movies of the summer. A

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10

3 great actors in less than stellar heist movie

Nick Wells (Robert De Niro) is a safe cracker living in Montreal. He's almost caught in the last caper and now his fence Max (Marlon Brando) tells him that the buyer is dead. Instead Max has a possible $40M job at the Montreal Customs House. Nick never does a job in country and he wonders if he should retire. Nick's girlfriend Diane (Angela Bassett) is a flight attendant. Jack Teller (Edward Norton) is the inside man. He's been pretending to be a mentally challenged janitor for 3 weeks. He surprises Nick on the street and Nick's not amused.

The movie has 3 great actors and they should be able to chew up the scenes. However this is not very intense. That's deadly for a thriller. I can't pinpoint the exact problem other than a lack of tension. It could be the editing, or the lackluster music. I have to blame most of it on director Frank Oz. This is not his genre. He doesn't do action thrillers unless there are puppets involved. This movie could have worked 20 years ago but this genre should have more excitement.

Reviewed by MartinHafer 6 / 10

Considering the cast, it's all a bit underwhelming...

There really is nothing wrong with "The Score", though, for that matter, there really isn't a lot right about it either. Considering that the film is Marlon Brando's last and it also stars Robert De Niro and Edward Norton, I would have expected some magic. Instead, it's a mildly entertaining heist film. It also has a performance by Norton that is bound to offend many.

Nick Wells (De Niro) is an aging thief who wants one final score before he gets out of the business. His bizarre buddy, Max (Brando) contacts him about a great heist--a jewel-encrusted golden scepter. However, Nick will have to have a cocky (and annoying)young partner, Jack (Norton)--and Nick is obviously not happy working with the guy.

As for Jack, he's a guy who thinks long term. He took his present job some time back in order to infiltrate the place. And, since being hired, he has behaved as if he has cerebral palsy in order to convince everyone he's harmless. Little do his co-workers know that it's all a brilliant (and politically incorrect) disguise.

To me, the film never piqued my interest and never made my pulse change a single tick. Some of this might have been due to Brando's weak performance, a bit of irritation about Norton behaving as if he's mentally challenged and a very ordinary plot. All I know is that I didn't hate it nor did I like it.

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5150man June 30, 2020 at 12:48 am

Thanks YTS! for this movie

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JohnnyBoyy August 03, 2019 at 08:54 pm

Real shame that Brando did not get more screen time in his last movie.

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Salahbenn January 23, 2019 at 07:57 pm

What a suspense! Splendid!

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kingluinz May 27, 2018 at 07:02 am

I really enjoyed this one. A great movie

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rony1577 August 06, 2016 at 05:22 pm

Nice

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hollywoodfan April 30, 2016 at 04:48 pm

Ty yts