The Score (2001)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Nick Wells	Robert De Niro
Jack Teller	Edward Norton	½
Max	Marlon Brando	½
Diane	Angela Bassett	½

Review

Three outstanding, idiosyncratic individualists of the method acting school who are partly pulling in each their direction is one of several problems this classically structured thriller must deal with. Together with director Frank Oz they try to make these somewhat too familiar movie characters interesting while navigating through a script that never tries to hide its fascination for the good old-fashioned heist movies. And the problem isn't this homage in itself, but that neither the actors or Oz are able to give the project any thrust or distinction. Oz' direction has a mechanic feel; it clearly lacks inspiration and flair. What we're left with is a technically apt thriller of only mediocre thematic and artistic value. Brando, De Niro and Norton are always fun to watch, but the considerable amount of talent on display in The Score hasn't been converted to more than the sum of its parts.