The Accountant
Warner Bros. | Release Date: October 14, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 45 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
24
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonOct 13, 2016
Fresh and delightfully offbeat, The Accountant proves that a thriller can be complex and nuanced while fulfilling its mission to entertain. Read full review
88
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenOct 12, 2016
The premise of accountant as action hero might seem absurd, but The Accountant makes it credible and fascinating. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperOct 12, 2016
Madness abounds in The Accountant, an intense, intricate, darkly amusing and action-infused thriller that doesn’t always add up but who cares, it’s BIG FUN. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranOct 13, 2016
The Accountant is a nifty piece of genre entertainment, its wacky edge and genial tone despite that body count coming as something of a pleasant surprise in a year rife with lumbering, over-amped blockbusters. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliOct 14, 2016
The thing that makes The Accountant unique, however, and elevates it above the garden variety action-thriller, is that the title character’s “superpowers” result from his autism. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerOct 13, 2016
The victory of The Accountant is in the tone. The title character isn’t presented as a superfreak – this isn’t "Rain Man," in which autistic gifts are presented as powers for parlour tricks – but as a prototype and a beautiful mutant, maybe even a superhero. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniOct 13, 2016
On the whole, it's a mess of action clichés built on top of a shaky premise that's so out-of-this-world that it'll either enrage you - or make you laugh. I chose the latter. I'm not ashamed to admit that I had a lot of fun at this movie. Read full review
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanOct 12, 2016
One of the opening scenes of The Accountant consists of puzzle pieces being dumped on a table, and that’s a fine metaphor for the film.... A few pieces can’t be made to fit, and two of those are big ones. (More on that in a minute.) But the rest of the story has been well-constructed, and the picture it gradually reveals keeps you guessing up to the final scene. Read full review
75
USA TodayBrian TruittOct 12, 2016
Ben Affleck brings needed nuance to old-fashioned brains and brawn as an action hero with high-functioning autism in The Accountant. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonOct 13, 2016
An effective and even affecting pop thriller. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeOct 12, 2016
The Accountant is nothing if not a puzzle — not so much a jigsaw as a three-dimensional brain teaser that gets deeper and stranger with each new revelation. Read full review
70
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeOct 12, 2016
Audiences willing to just go with the movie’s outlandish lead character will find laughs and thrills along the way, as well as that rarest of studio properties: a tentpole that actually leaves you enthusiastic about the prospect of a sequel. Read full review
67
The Film StageDan MeccaOct 13, 2016
For every moment that feels overly self-serious, there are two that promise this thing’s some kind of pop-schlock classic. Read full review
63
Washington PostAnn HornadayOct 13, 2016
True to the profession it sets out to glamorize, The Accountant takes advantage of its share of creative loopholes — and manages to break even in the process. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrOct 13, 2016
The Accountant keeps you hanging on all the way to the looney-toon ending, well past the point where your higher brain functions have called it a night. It’s not a good movie but it’s not a bad way to kill a few hours. Read full review
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