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The Accountant

  • 2016
  • 15
  • 2h 8m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Ben Affleck in The Accountant (2016)
Christian Wolff is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King, starting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of- the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise.
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As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise.As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise.As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise.

  • Director
    • Gavin O'Connor
  • Writer
    • Bill Dubuque
  • Stars
    • Ben Affleck
    • Anna Kendrick
    • J.K. Simmons
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    313K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,161
    318
    • Director
      • Gavin O'Connor
    • Writer
      • Bill Dubuque
    • Stars
      • Ben Affleck
      • Anna Kendrick
      • J.K. Simmons
    • 687User reviews
    • 343Critic reviews
    • 51Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 5 nominations

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    Anna Kendrick in The Accountant (2016)
    Ben Affleck and Jeffrey Tambor in The Accountant (2016)
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    Top cast

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    Ben Affleck
    Ben Affleck
    • Christian Wolff
    Anna Kendrick
    Anna Kendrick
    • Dana Cummings
    J.K. Simmons
    J.K. Simmons
    • Ray King
    Jon Bernthal
    Jon Bernthal
    • Brax
    Jeffrey Tambor
    Jeffrey Tambor
    • Francis Silverberg
    Cynthia Addai-Robinson
    Cynthia Addai-Robinson
    • Marybeth Medina
    John Lithgow
    John Lithgow
    • Lamar Blackburn
    Jean Smart
    Jean Smart
    • Rita Blackburn
    Andy Umberger
    Andy Umberger
    • Ed Chilton
    Alison Wright
    Alison Wright
    • Justine
    Jason Davis
    Jason Davis
    • Neurologist
    Robert C. Treveiler
    Robert C. Treveiler
    • Young Chris' Father
    • (as Rob Treveiler)
    Mary Kraft
    Mary Kraft
    • Young Chris' Mother
    Seth Lee
    Seth Lee
    • Young Chris
    Jake Presley
    Jake Presley
    • Young Brax
    Izzy Fenech
    • Young Justine
    Ron Prather
    Ron Prather
    • Frank Rice
    Susan Savoie
    Susan Savoie
    • Dolores Rice
    • (as Susan Williams)
    • Director
      • Gavin O'Connor
    • Writer
      • Bill Dubuque
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    • Trivia
      While for dramatic effect, the script calls out the repeated use of the number "three" as an indicator of fraudulent numbers, the theory behind fraudulent number detection is known as "Benford's Law". The law states that in numbers, such as account transactions, the probability of a number occurring naturally drops, as one moves from smaller numbers to the larger numbers following a logarithmic scale. This law has been successfully used to detect fraudulent accounting transactions.
    • Goofs
      The two people that Christian kills with his Barrett M82A1 .50 caliber rifle via head shots are only shown falling down with some blood splatter. In reality, bullets of that size would have completely blown their heads apart, as demonstrated earlier on in the movie when Christian is using cantaloupes as target practice for his Barrett on the Rices' farm.
    • Quotes

      Neurologist: Your son is different.

      Young Chris's Father: Sooner or later, different scares people.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Ben Affleck/Sarah Paulson/Green Day (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Hotell 2
      Written and performed by Andreas Söderström and Johan Berthling

    User reviews687

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    Featured review
    7/10
    Surprisingly good.
    Wow.......

    It is always pleasant to go into a movie with no expectations, and this one delivered in spades.

    Any story starts with... well a great story, and this is it, although somewhat predictable it's more a comforting predictable, a good guy wins story with enough great twists in it to keep the interest.

    The cast here lifts the game, who knew Affleck had this in him, and supported by the ever sweet Kendrick (all be it with a kick-ass moment), and throw in favorites like Simmons (Terminator Genisys) and Addai-Robinson (Shooter), all playing their respective parts well.

    The scene with Affleck's and Kendrick's characters having lunch showed great subtly in writing, directing and acting. A lot of dry and subtle humor throughout.

    No overdone CGI either, just good clean action, regularly punctuating the plot, with the clean cinematography only adding to clinical nature of our lead character.

    For the run-of-the-mill action flick, you shouldn't pass this one up.
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    • cazmor
    • Jul 21, 2018

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    • Release date
      • November 4, 2016 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • Indonesian
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Mật Danh: Kế Toán
    • Filming locations
      • Atlanta, Georgia, USA(stand in for Plainfield, Naperville, & Chicago, Illinois)
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • RatPac-Dune Entertainment
      • Electric City Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $44,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $86,260,045
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $24,710,273
      • Oct 16, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $155,560,045
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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