All in all, the film written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais feels both absolutely of the 1970s and absolutely fresh.
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The Bank Job (2008)
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Reviews Counted:140
Fresh:110
Rotten:30
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: Well cast and crisply directed, The Bank Job is a thoroughly entertaining British heist thriller.
Theatrical Release:Mar 7, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $30,028,592
Synopsis: Inspired by the infamous 1971 robbery that took place at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone London, LIONSGATE's ® The Bank Job stars Jason Statham (Transporter, Snatch, Crank, Italian Job) and Saffron... [More]
Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, David Suchet
Director: Roger Donaldson
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Reviews for The Bank Job
Top CriticYou 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.
03/07/08
Top CriticThe movie plunges into this rank, choppy water and churns through it with a busily whirring story line and clear sense of purpose. The ride becomes its own satisfying reward, complete with the bumps and lurches along the way.
03/07/08
No worse than its generic title. And no better.
03/07/08
Based in speculative part on the true story of a robbery in a vital London safety deposit vault, The Bank Job adds the spice of political intrigue as an underlying factor to the actual crime.
03/07/08
Blending suspense, humor, period detail, interesting characters and bringing together a complex plot in an immensely satisfying way, [director Roger] Donaldson really pulled one off this time.
03/07/08
Isn't the point of a heist picture that there's somebody, either a jauntily plucky bunch of robbers or one honest cop, worth rooting for?
03/07/08
The falling-apart of this caper is much odder and more intriguing than the setting-up, but by the time The Bank Job gets there, it has already fallen apart.
03/07/08
The Bank Job engages us fully with a tale that's well-fashioned more than anything else, a fascinating study of morality at several levels of English society, and of honor, or the lack of it, among implausibly likable thieves.
03/07/08
Top CriticWell-paced, smartly told and unpretentious, this solid British heist thriller also has moments of invention and imagination
03/07/08
This may be just another bank job, like many you've seen before, but here's the payoff: it's a heist that actually looks real for once.
03/07/08
Top CriticThere's TOO much story here. There are so many characters, twists, and turns in The Bank Job that the movie often feels disjointed and borderline impossible to follow.
03/07/08
(The Bank Job is) efficient without being pedestrian, tweaking the suspense here and there to add the proper amount of intrigue to the elements.
03/07/08
There are few things better than a flawlessly executed heist thriller, and while "The Bank Job" is not that film, it certainly comes close.
03/07/08
...an entertaining and highly serviceable caper movie.
03/07/08
Donaldson has never found much of a cinematic voice, but his extensive experience serves him well on this finely tuned heist film.
03/06/08
It's a welcome treat to see Statham in a movie you aren't ashamed to buy tickets to see.
03/06/08
The story is filled with new dimensions that separate it from a run-of-the-mill heist flick.
03/06/08
Top CriticThere's a charming retro vibe to "The Bank Job," a historical crime caper with more comic hues than violent flourishes.
03/06/08
Donaldson's film, about a dangerous crime during a tumultuous time period, suffers from a filmmaker utterly uninterested in dangerous filmmaking.
03/06/08
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