The best critic slams of 'The Accountant'
Something isn't adding up.
Ben Affleck's new thriller The Accountant, in which he plays an accountant with high-functioning autism who also has nearly superhuman math, martial arts and shooting abilities, is not exactly getting a big return from critics. The film currently has a low 43% on Rotten Tomatoes, although Paste BN film critic Brian Truitt gave it *** out of 4 stars saying, "Where The Accountant really succeeds is exploring the emotions and coping mechanisms of a protagonist on the autism spectrum, plot points not often seen in the macho action genre" (read the full review here).
We rounded up the best slams of the movie for your viewing pleasure below.
The Village Voice :
"Two hours of grimly serious puzzle-box dramatics and beat-downs starring Ben Affleck as an Affleck-shaped void."
The New York Times :
"Who knows why Mr. Affleck, looking appropriately dead-eyed and miserable, committed himself to this laborious ultraviolent brain tease of a crime thriller."
Indiewire:
"Ben Affleck plays an ass-kicking autistic man who travels the globe under a series of aliases and performs elite maths for some of the world's most dangerous people — this is a real thing starring real people and made with real money."
Entertainment Weekly :
"The whole thing's ludicrous, down to the last loony twist, but it's also a lot more fun than Batman v Superman."
The AV Club:
"At nearly all times, it's preposterous."
RogerEbert.com:
"It goes very far south, with two plot reveals that are among the most ludicrous that I've experienced in quite some time."
But perhaps the San Francisco Chronicle summed up the ambivalence the best:
"There are worse movies."