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(1 - 29) of 29 OFCS Rating: 86% Fresh Page   1   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  (1 - 29) of 29 OFCS Rating: 86% Fresh Page   1