The Score Movie Review 2001

Slow-starting crime comedy with De Niro as a semi-retired thief, living a quiet life running a Montreal jazz club, until his fence (Brando) and a wannabe theif (Norton) talk him into pulling another job in Montreal's customs house. Bassett is DeNiro's squeeze (good taste there) who wants him out of the life. Painstaking but realistic in its portrayal of the preparation and events leading to the heist, but when things finally get going, it crackles with tense "will-they-get-caught" moments and double-crosses aplenty. De Niro is solid, as always, but he seems like he may be getting too old for this stuff. Norton gets most of the screen time, and uses it well. Brando is surprisingly understated in an amusing way.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 124 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Heists, Crime Drama, Montreal, Nightclubs, One Last Job

Screenplay

Kario Salem, Scott Marshall Smith, Lem Dobbs

Cast

Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett, Gary Farmer, Paul Soles, Jamie Harold

Cinematography

Rob Hahn

Director

Frank Oz

Music

Howard Shore

Other

Glen Gauthier, Richard Pearson, Tom Reta, Claude Pare, Aude Bronson-Howard, Jackson De Govia

Producer

Gary Foster, Lee Rich, Mandalay Pictures, Horseshoe Bay, Paramount Pictures