What an amazing find this film is. Not normally inclined to identify with good ol' southern boys, I loved it and sure learned a lot. Not only is The Accountant a surprising story, but the dialogue has the best analysis of today's consumer society I have ever heard (sorry, Boston Market and Billy Bob). Like Matt Damon's speech in Good Will Hunting, where he explains why he has rejected a national security code-cracker job, Ray McKinnon takes what we think we know about modern life and turns it on its ear. My friend uses this film in a Labor Studies class for artists (!). The film is a small gem: under 40 minutes but it plays like a feature film. That's a compliment. Compelling performances by all three actors. (By the way, IMDb, it's Walt Goggins as Tommy O'Dell, not the other way around).
Review of The Accountant
The Accountant
(2001)
funny, sad, sharp writing and acting in an amazingly small package
21 July 2007