Review of The Score

The Score (2001)
7/10
Not a perfect plot, but great acting
12 December 2004
The caper doesn't have a perfect plot -- either as a movie or a crime. Too much is left to chance or quite formulaic. How many times have we seen a soon-to-retire/just-retired master thief called up by a life-long friend/partner/lover for one last job with a huge pay-off and forced but whatever means to work with a young, arrogant unknown? But despite my best efforts to dismiss this movie, the three main actors are captivating ... passing the viewers' attention around as effortlessly as the Harlem Globetrotters with a basketball. It's well-worth seeing just for the acting, but it's sad to think what was missed by not giving these guys a better script.

Seven of ten from me.
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