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Movie Overview
Cast
Jason Statham
Saffron Burrows
Stephen Campbell Moore
Director
Roger Donaldson
MPAA Rating
R - for sexual content, nudity, violence and language
Theatrical Release
Mar 07, 2008 (Wide)
The Bank Job (2008)
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OFCS Rating: 86% Fresh
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3.5/5
"(
The Bank Job
is) efficient without being pedestrian, tweaking the suspense here and there to add the proper amount of intrigue to the elements."
PopMatters
Bill Gibron
B+
"The material is Viagra to director Roger Donaldson...lively and effective, rolling around the known gray qualities of heroes and villains."
BrianOrndorf.com
Brian Orndorf
2.5/5
"Donaldson's film, about a dangerous crime during a tumultuous time period, suffers from a filmmaker utterly uninterested in dangerous filmmaking."
Filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin
B
"
The Bank Job
is good old-fashioned bank heist movie that's based on a 1971 London robbery in which a Lloyds Bank vault was emptied while the city slept."
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
"Per formula, Terry's bad behavior is offset by the worse behavior of his assorted opponents."
PopMatters
Cynthia Fuchs
B+
"One of the more loopy caper flicks."
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
2.5/4
"Worth a recommendation for adult audiences in search of something that won't insult their intelligence. Granted,
The Bank Job
won't enhance anyone's IQ, either, but sometimes a pulpy slice of crime thriller theatrics is all you need."
TheMovieBoy.com
Dustin Putman
B
"The story is filled with new dimensions that separate it from a run-of-the-mill heist flick."
Film.com
Eric D. Snider
C
"Just isn't clever or surprising enough: it's complicated but conventional, strikes no sparks...[and] fails to juggle its myriad tones successfully."
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
3/5
"A spiffy heist flick that spins a complicated web of crime and reveals the importance of secrets to the rich and the powerful."
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
3/4
"
The Bank Job
is smart, well-paced, exciting entertainment for adults -- something that is more of a rarity than it should be."
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
4/5
"All filmmakers have to do is slap together a semi-complex plan, cast the film with somewhat likable characters and tie it together with a punchy soundtrack, and I'm hooked."
7M Pictures
Kevin Carr
3/4
"Lurking behind a criminally bad title is a surprisingly tight, clever, twisty heist tale."
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Maitland McDonagh
B
"Executed with machine-like precision,
The Bank Job
is a ripping good caper with plenty of interesting twists."
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
Mark Pfeiffer
8/10
"This film is full of action and actual suspense. The wit of the story is not always obvious when watching the film, but does come out in retrospect."
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Mark R. Leeper
"Maybe it's not the 100-percent truth -- maybe it's half, or more, invented. But it's a damn good guess, and a ridiculously entertaining one."
Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
3.5/5
"It's captivating, intriguing, and enjoyable throughout."
Bronsonfive
Michael Ferraro
3.5/4
"
The Bank Job
is smart, and it's exciting, and it's fun at the same time."
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
B+
"Stylish direction from Roger Donaldson and British understatement balance the tension with sly and often-outrageous humor."
Beliefnet
Nell Minow
2.5/4
"I give in. Regardless of his limited acting range and penchant for choosing the goofiest projects available, Jason Statham is pretty awesome."
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
2.5/5
"The cast is fine, clearly enjoying the 70s period and creating characters that are likeable but thin."
Shadows on the Wall
Rich Cline
B
"The film comes out on the upper side of things by managing to avoid blue balls in the end, but don't think it couldn't use a lesson or two on pumping techniques."
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
A
"The tension builds to a very high level and sustains that level for a long time."
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
B
"...this almost unknown bank heist, with its many layers of cloak and dagger and intrigue, could have been confusing but skirts this with practiced ease by all the players."
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
B
"Roger Donaldson... juggles a complicated story with oodles of peripheral characters without dropping a subplot."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
3/4
"Bustles along to its central theft, then treads water until (it) can map a proper end game."
Charlotte Weekly
Sean O'Connell
"You need the right actors to make a movie as intelligent and as engaging as this one is, and [director] Donaldson knows how to make each character in this rather complex ensemble seem whole and distinct."
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
8/10
"True or fake,
The Bank Job
is a brisk entertainment that doesn't need believability to work."
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
"Click here to see review"
Wolf Entertainment Guide
William Wolf
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