The Accountant - Oct 14, 2016 (Ben Affleck) (1 Viewer)

[Colin Jacobson]

IMO, a great film!

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I guess the brother surprise when they had their initial confrontation on the street.

I hope it does well at the box office because I want a sequel.

Don't remember that scene in particular, but I figured it out when

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someone referred to the Affleck character as a "freak" (IIRC) and the Bernthal character gives a "look".

I knew they had to account for the brother in some way - he's conspicuously absent in "adult-era" discussions...

 

[Colin Jacobson]

What intrigues me about this movie is that Ben Affleck's character is said to have Asperger's Syndrome, which is the same autism spectrum disorder that I have. That makes the movie fascinating to me. When most people think of autism spectrum disorders in movie characters, most people automatically think "Rain Man". I'm looking forward to seeing a different portrayal of autism on camera.

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

Who knows where this might lead next for portrayals on autism on screen?

Does the movie specifically call him Asperger? I don't recall that term being used, but I might have forgotten.

As a child, Christian is presented as someone with "full autism", IMO...

 

[Robert Crawford]

Colin,

Did you like the film?

 

[Mark Booth]

Based on audience reviews, it appears 'The Accountant' is the film to see if you are trying to decide between 'The Accountant' and 'Jack Reacher: Never Go Back' for this weekend. My wife and I plan to give the new Jack Reacher film a chance this afternoon, but I'm going in with very low expectations.

Mark

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Colin,

Did you like the film?

Not really. I thought it was a mess of a story - characters disappeared for long periods of time and the whole thing failed to flow.

It had its moments, but it didn't hold together for me...

 

[Patrick Sun]

If Bruce Wayne was Rain Man... Overall, I treat this like it is in the John Wick genre of suspending your disbelief in order to propel through the film's plot points, so I went with it.

I give it 2.75 stars, or a grade of B-.

 

[Mikael Soderholm]

Saw it last night, and found it very good. Ben convincing as someone with high-functional autism (I think he described it), and nice to see Anna Kendrick again, haven't seen her since Up In The Air. Interesting story unfolding, definitely worth a second viewing.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

nice to see Anna Kendrick again, haven't seen her since Up In The Air.

Anna Kendrick makes 274 movies a year - how have you NOT seen her in anything since 2009???

 

[Mikael Soderholm]

I know, I looked her up after seeing this one and noticed the same thing, but apparently she doesn't make the kind of movies I see (and a bunch of TV series as well).

 

[Citizen87645]

If Bruce Wayne was Rain Man... Overall, I treat this like it is in the John Wick genre of suspending your disbelief in order to propel through the film's plot points, so I went with it.

I give it 2.75 stars, or a grade of B-.

So...Brain Man? Or Wayne Man? Or Brayne Man?

I agree with your assessment. Lots of "don't think too hard about this" moments, so not unlike the better Hong Kong action films where they like to pile on the coincidences. The brother subplot actually seems like something lifted right out of a John Woo film.

 

[Robert Crawford]

So...Brain Man? Or Wayne Man? Or Brayne Man?

I agree with your assessment. Lots of "don't think too hard about this" moments, so not unlike the better Hong Kong action films where they like to pile on the coincidences. The brother subplot actually seems like something lifted right out of a John Woo film.

I don't know about that as I caught on about his brother pretty early in the film.

 

[Citizen87645]

Exactly.