The Bank
Cinema Guild | Release Date: October 25, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
3
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
VarietyDavid Stratton
Will connect with anyone who ever had a bad experience with a bank or finance company, and provides a satisfyingly loathsome character in Anthony LaPaglia's engaging protrayal of a corporate shark. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
A hokey but highly entertaining tale of corporate greed that should be especially satisfying if you're pissed off at big business. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldMarta Barber
The Bank, despite its faulty finale, is a fun and thrilling ride. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
The film is not without its flaws, but it sports a terrific production design that integrates magically into the story -- as well as another top-notch performance by Anthony LaPaglia. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It blends an intriguing concept with a suspenseful plot, and the result is a gripping 103 minutes at the movies. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyJon Strickland
Like "Wall Street" before it, The Bank never amounts to more than a glossy comic book, and first-time writer-director Robert Connolly stumbles with his plotting and his direction of Wenham. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The upshot is a whopper of an ending that is as silly as it is satisfying. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
The sleek, well-oiled, well-acted The Bank, while as meaty as a steak, is short on sizzle. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Handsomely shot and edited, The Bank benefits greatly from the brutal ministrations of LaPaglia, Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Though the script's twists and turns are fairly conventional and the Davis subplot is handled in an awkwardly obvious way, first-time feature filmmaker Robert Connolly understands the power of style. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneEmily Nunn
Like the film itself, Jim Doyle is smart enough to be engaging and lovely to look at, but he's too one-dimensional to be satisfying. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Polished and visualized with a sharp sense of place, writer-director Robert Connolly's drama is propped up by bogus science (the relationship between stock undulations and the Mandelbrot set is never made plausible), and the characters are paint-by-numbers. Read full review
38
New York PostMegan Lehmann
Despite a crafty premise and a clever kink in the tale that almost saves it, Connolly isn't dexterous enough to achieve the Hitchockian level of suspense the movie needs. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
LaPaglia brings the hero into a world of greed and compromised values, but his fork-tongued monologues aren't remotely seductive, which makes the ending a foregone conclusion. Read full review
20
Film ThreatVicky Dimitrakopoulos
Neither a stimulating satire nor a serious exposure of the operations of the finance industry. Read full review
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