The Score Reviews

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by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 2.5/4)
Directed by Frank Oz. Screenplay by Kario Salem, Lem Dobbs, and Scott Marshall Smith, based on a story by Daniel E Taylor and Salem. Starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando. Running time: 124 minutes. Rated AA for offensive language by the...more

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by Michael Dequina (Rating: 3/4)
Frank Oz, well-known for directing comedies such as most recent film, _Bowfinger_; and even better known as the man pulling the strings behind Yoda and Miss Piggy, is perhaps the last person one would expect to breathe some renewed life into the...more

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by Eugene Novikov (Rating: B)
Just a few weeks ago, I lamented that Swordfish didn't have the humility to simply be a good heist movie. The Score is like that film's twin, sans computers, impromptu blow jobs and Travolta with a goatee. Only this one is a good heist movie, flawed but...more

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by Jerry Saravia
Heist dramas are fashionable again. David Mamet has his own upcoming drama aptly titled "Heist." Ben Kingsley's riveting performance in the film "Sexy Beast" also involves a heist. Now, director Frank Oz ("Bowfinger") and three major stars, Robert De...more

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by Edward Johnson-Ott (Rating: 3/5)
The Score (2001) Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett, Marlon Brando, Gary Farmer, Paul Soles. Music by Howard Shore. Screenplays by Kario Salem, Lem Dobbs, Scott Marshall Smith. Story by Daniel E. Taylor and Salem. Directed by Frank Oz. 123...more

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by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: B)
SCORE, THE (director: Frank Oz; screenwriters: Lem Dobbs/Kario Salem/Scott Marshall Smith/original story by Daniel Taylor; cinematographer: Rob Hahn; editor: Richard Pearson; cast: Angela Bassett (Diane), Marlon Brando (Max), Robert De Niro (Nick Wells),...more

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by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2/4)
Given THE SCORE's killer cast (Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando and Angela Bassett), you will probably be expecting a lot. Start to lower your expectations, because THE SCORE plays like a slow motion version of ENTRAPMENT with De Niro...more

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by Susan Granger (Rating: 8)
Susan Granger's review of "THE SCORE" (Paramount Pictures) This high-tension crime thriller is propelled by the three-generational star power of Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando and Ed Norton. In the opening sequence, set during a festive party at...more

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by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 7/10)
CAPSULE: This is a 1950s or 1960s style heist film, set in the present. Robert DeNiro stars as a risk-adverse safecracker who wants to retire form crime but takes one last job at the request of a personal friend (played by Marlon...more

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by Jon Popick
The very thought of seeing three generations of great actors in the same film, not to mention watching them play professional thieves, is enough to make moviegoers salivate with anticipation. But The Score, which stars Marlon Brando (77), Robert DeNiro...more

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by JoBlo (Rating: 6/10)
PLOT: An impenetrable building houses a very expensive European scepter. A pudgy rich guy hooks an old school thief up with a new scammer on the block and asks them to steal it. Once taken, the item would then be sold with monetary compensation spread to...more
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by Harvey S. Karten
Reviewed by Harvey Karten Paramount Pictures/ Mandalay Entertainment Director: Frank Oz Writer: Kario Salem, Lem Dobbs, Scott Marshall Smith Cast: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett, Marlon Brando more
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by Dustin Putman (Rating: 2/4)
Directed by Frank Oz. Cast: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett, Jamie Harrold, Gary Farmer. 2001 - 123 minutes Rated R (for profanity). Reviewed by Dustin Putman, July 14, 2001. more
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by Christopher Null (Rating: 4.5/5)
I'll admit to having a soft spot for heist movies. It's just too bad that, with the exception of The Thomas Crown Affair remake, most recent heist flicks have come off atrociously, a fact to which anyone who sat through the ridiculous Entrapment can...more