The Accountant (2016)

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

3 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Affleck	...	Christian Wolff
Anna Kendrick	...	Dana Cummings
J.K. Simmons	...	Ray King
Jon Bernthal	...	Brax
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Francis Silverberg
Cynthia Addai-Robinson	...	Marybeth Medina
John Lithgow	...	Lamar Blackburn
Jean Smart	...	Rita Blackburn
Andy Umberger	...	Ed Chilton
Alison Wright	...	Justine
Jason Davis	...	Neurologist
Robert C. Treveiler	...	Young Chris' Father (as Rob Treveiler)
Mary Kraft	...	Young Chris' Mother
Seth Lee	...	Young Chris
Jake Presley	...	Young Brax

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

accountant | autism | autistic child | assassin | brother brother relationship | 

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Taglines:

Do you like puzzles?

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and language throughout

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the real-life frauds mentioned in the film is the case of "Crazy" Eddie Antar. Tragically, Antar died on Sept. 10th 2016, exactly one month before the film's Hollywood premiere.

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Goofs

The old pickup's engine compartment's side is shot into while being used to E&E Thugs at the Ranch. It was just started & still cold, but the coolant steams & evaporates as if it were warmed or hot. In reality it'd simply leak if the cooling flow's circuit were breached soon after startup. If it were engine oil leaking onto an exhaust manifold or into the combustion chamber, it wouldn't evaporate & an oil smoke would linger for a few minutes, at the least.

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Quotes

Christian Wolff: [Dana is coming on to him] I have trouble socializing with people... but I want to.

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Connections

Referenced in PWN: Best of 2016: PWN #12 (2017)

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Soundtracks

To Leave Something Behind
Written and performed by Sean Rowe
Courtesy of ANTI-
By arrangement with Sugaroo!

User Reviews

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.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Indonesian French

Release Date:

14 October 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Accountant

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$44,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$24,710,273, 16 October 2016

Gross USA:

$86,260,045

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$155,160,045

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Electric City Entertainment, Hurwitz Creative

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1