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The Score
2001
Every thief dreams of the big heist that will allow him to leave the business of crime behind. Every thief except Nick (Robert De Niro), a cool, methodical safecracker who never takes on long-shot jobs until his longtime partner, Max (Marlon Brando), offers him the big score--to filch a priceless scepter from the Montreal .. Read more
| Starring | Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett, Marlon Brando |
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| Director | Frank Oz |
| Genres | Thriller |
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The Score
Every thief dreams of the big heist that will allow him to leave the business of crime behind. Every thief except Nick (Robert De Niro), a cool, methodical safecracker who never takes on long-shot jobs until his longtime partner, Max (Marlon Brando), offers him the big score--to filch a priceless scepter from the Montreal customs house. Wary about the job, Nick and the hotheaded customs house "insider," Jackie (Edward Norton), begin to dissect the elaborate details of entering the building, avoiding the security measures, blowing the safe, and escaping with the scepter. But as in every thrilling crime caper, plans go awry.
Skilled comic director Frank Oz is clearly comfortable working with the best method actors from the past three generations. Brando's Max bursts with joyful cynicism, while De Niro is Brando's perfect foil, so collected that every smile seems like a revelation. Norton's Jackie is far more expressive, but it is Norton's smallest movements--holding a gaze a half beat too long--that hint at the secret motives pulsing beneath his skin. Smooth like the scotch Nick likes to drink, and swirling with tension, THE SCORE provides the real payoff to the audience.
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| Starring | Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett, Marlon Brando |
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| Director | Frank Oz |
| Studio | OPTIMUM |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 3 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 3 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 15 Apr 2002 Blu-ray: 17 Aug 2009 Production year: 2001 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Arguably the three finest screen actors of their respective generations — Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro and Edward Norton — combine to flesh out what might have been a bog-standard one-last-job heist movie were it not for two things: one, it's set in Montreal (and not the familiar, over-used cities of Chicago or LA); two, hardly any computer hardware is on display when the attempted heist of a priceless sceptre from Montreal's Customs House takes place. Brando is bizarrely compelling as the camp Max, De Niro is stoic as club owner Nick, operating here in a low gear, while Norton walks away with the film as the arrogant young turk Jackie. It's slow but exacting, and only the lack of an expected final twist lets the whole thing down.
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Apparently Edward Norton says he did this movie for the poster - to see his name up there alongside Marlon Brando and... read more on Time Out
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Could do better
Veteran safe cracker Bobby de Niro is tempted to pull off one last job before retiring. A priceless sceptre is being held in the vault of a Montreal Customs House, and undercover Edward Norton can get him inside?
Wow! Can this be true? Robert de Niro, Marlon Brando and Edward Norton on screen together? Three generations of cinemas finest in a barn-storming heist movie? Well, settle down there sport, because this one ain?t all it?s cracked up to be. Frank Oz (yes, the muppet man who?s most famous on-screen outing was as the voice of Yoda) directs competently enough, but the result is nowhere near as cool as ?Ocean?s Eleven? nor as much fun as ?The Italian Job? (either version). There are only three principal characters here, with Brando waddling into various scenes, only to sit down again and tell Bobby how much he wants him to do this job. Edward Norton, a fine actor, is engaging enough but neither he nor de Niro sparkle as they have in the past. The material is entertaining, but Oz spends far too much time setting up the logistics of the job and by the time the final credits roll, you can?t help feeling just a little bit cheated.
This is a three star movie that?s distracting enough for a Friday night. If you like ?Heist? and the other two mentioned above, this one?s worth a look-see. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
The score is 3 stars
With the cast list in this film it feels like you have picked your dream team, only to watch it draw at home to Accrington Stanley (who are they!). Brando and De Niro are legends and Norton is one of my favourite actors today, but they all looked a bit bored in this film. If these 3 actors can't make a film a classic, then questions must be asked about screenplay, direction, cinematography etc. The film is good and worth a watch in anyone's money, but with this cast it should have been amazing - which it wasn't. Report card reads 'must do better.'
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News and features
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De Niro & Norton reteam for new thriller
- 08 May 2009
Robert De Niro and Edward Norton will share the big screen for the first time in nine years after teaming up to co-star in a new independent thriller. The actors, who worked together in 2001 crime drama The Score, alongside Marlon Brando, are set to co-star star in psychological thriller Stone. De Niro will play a correctional officer who is seduced by the wife of Norton's character, a convicted arsonist up for parole, reports Variety. The film is scheduled for release in 2010. Read more
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