Awesome Movie

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Greetings from Lithuania.So after seeing "The Score" (2001) which includes no less then actors who portrayed and won Oscars for portraying "Don Vito Corleone" himself and two more Oscar nominees, i can say that i was entertained for the whole 1 h 55 min. The heist itself is good, nothing super original but as a movie plot devise it worked. The most unfortunate thing for me was that this movie kinda lacked any third act, because when the score finally ends and some double crossing do come up, it kinda ends there on the most predictable note. That said i do recommend to seeing this movie once on a boring evening - it does its job. But if you consider the fact that 3 "household" names that appears in leading roles and one very strong female, it is a bit disappointing as it does not deliver anything fresh or highly great.Overall, "The Score" is a well made and superbly paced heist thriller which doesn't bring anything new to the table, but it is worth seeing it once. Pretty good story well made.

My favorite De Niro role is some kind of wise guy or crook. He has that predatory squint. Here he's paired with Edward Norton, another favorite. They have a great inter-generational confrontation.Unlike some others, I have no problem with the "old heist story". ALL heist stories are old! It's how they're pulled off that's fun. And this one is pulled off exquisitely. The plot is tight, the pacing is perfect, the photography is great, and there's a nice payoff in the end. Same applies to Ronin, another De Niro fave.The only problem here is Brando. Yes, he was always a draw, but I agree with another reviewer who says his character could have been demoted or omitted and not be missed. All he does is waddle around and be Brando. I find myself looking for that little in-ear receiver they say he used for his lines. And I guess they had to get their money's worth having apparently paid by the pound.Anyway, it's delicious to see De Niro and Norton doing their stuff.

In what was widely considered to be a passing of the torch, three generations of Hollywood superstars, joined forces for a thriller known as The Score. I found this to be a very strange film, as it features both moments of high intensity and moments that are painfully slow. Robert De Niro stars as Nick Wells, the best safe cracker you could find, but as he's getting older and seeking more stability in his life. Considering retirement, Wells is asked to be part of one last big score, that will have him, and his fence, set for life. Wells reluctantly agrees, before finding out there is a catch, he'll be working with his possible replacement, an arrogant and cocky young man, who could wind up getting them all caught. As far as acting goes, you may never see a better trio of leading men, De Niro, Marlon Brando, and especially Edward Norton were absolutely terrific in their roles. The film however doesn't really take off until the crime actually begins. For over an hour they are in the planning stage, painstakingly going over every detail, and it really is as bad as it sounds, in fact, I almost turned it off, until the wheels were set in motion. From that point, the film really is terrific, with an ending that will leave your jaw on the floor! I was very happy with the last forty minutes of the film, and all three actors were fantastic, but so much of this film moves at a snails pact that I really couldn't give it a higher rating. This is a two hour film, that could have easily been shortened to an hour and a half, without losing any of it's integrity. All the detailed plans and unnecessary back and fourth make the first hour of this film painful, but if you can stick with it, the second hour is certainly worth it.

Frankly this is the kind of movie you can watch while doing something else. I am not into that kind of bored entertainment, but some like it to support them while executing some chores.Right from the dispensable prologue The Score drags its feet. Exposition takes forever: this prologue (about 6 minutes, but it is actually stretched over the credits and beyond the 12min mark) only establishes De Niro's character. That is simply unbelievable. Maybe some brilliant filmmaker can come up with ideas to make this kind of exposition interesting, but here it is so pedestrian. We only stop short of following De Niro to the loo. But to me the worst is the overblown character played by Marlon Brando who is introduced right after we know exactly who De Niro is. Brando is hamming it big time, totally on the loose, and De Niro just waits for it to end, knowing he has much more screen-time anyway.By the time you get to meet Edward Norton you already wonder if someone around ever learnt about ellipses. Fortunately Norton does a great job of fleshing up a character that is just landed here to help with the story. In a way we are fortunate they did not start to unwind a couple of back-stories... well, there is the one with Angela Bassett. Seriously, I don't know why this flimsy script was picked up by this bunch of otherwise talented people, but without them it would have gone direct to video.Heist movies are pretty formulaic. The heist itself can take up only 10 to 30 minutes, so creativity lies as much with how you build up things around as with the idea for a somewhat original robbery. Throwing in the mix a seasoned safe-cracker, his agent, his girlfriend and some random wannabe is not enough, it makes it to much look like a version of everyday life. With The Score flying so low we hardly believe the stakes and the risks, and so there are no thrills.