Rating: R
Genre:
Crime
Theatrical Release: 07/13/2001(USA)
Release Date: 12/11/2001
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 124 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
Three generations of method acting giants unite for this crime thriller written by
Kario Salem and directed by
Frank Oz.
Robert De Niro stars as
Nick Wells, an aging thief whose specialty is safecracking and who is on the verge of retiring to a life of ease, running his jazz club and romancing his girlfriend
Diane (
Angela Bassett). But before he can ride off into the sunset,
Nick is pressured to do one last job by his mentor and business partner, a flamboyant and extravagant upscale fence named
Max (
Marlon Brando).
Max is plotting the heist of the Montreal Customs House, and he's got a man on the inside,
Jackie Teller (
Edward Norton), a talented but volatile crook who has managed to ingratiate himself with the facility's staff as a fellow employee suffering from cerebral palsy.
Jackie bristles at
Nick's interference in "his" score, however, and threatens violence when it seems he's going to be cut out of the action. In the meantime,
Nick grows increasingly ill at ease about the operation, as it violates his two most important dictums in thievery: always work alone and never pull a job in your own city. The part of
Max in
The Score was written specifically for
Brando by screenwriter
Salem, although the improvisational star and his director
Oz reportedly clashed during filming.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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