The Score

Genre: Crime

Worldwide gross$114M

Three generations of method acting giants unite for this crime thriller written by Kario Salem and directed by Frank Oz. Robert De Niro stars as Nick Wells, an aging thief whose specialty is safe-cracking and who is on the verge of retiring to a life of ease, running his jazz club and romancing his girlfriend Diane (Angela Bassett). But before he can ride off into the sunset, Nick is pressured to do one last job by his mentor and business partner, a flamboyant and extravagant upscale fence named Max (Marlon Brando). Max is plotting the heist of the Montreal Customs House, and he's got a man on the inside, Jackie Teller (Edward Norton), a talented but volatile crook who has managed to ingratiate himself with the facility's staff as a fellow employee suffering from cerebral palsy. Jackie bristles at Nick's interference in "his" score, however, and threatens violence when it seems he's going to be cut out of the action. In the meantime, Nick grows increasingly ill at ease about the operation, as it violates his two most important dictum in thievery: always work alone and never pull a job in your own city.

🏆 1 win & 1 nomination total

Genres

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director

Frank Oz

Cast

Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando

Released

13 July 2001

Runtime

2h 4m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

6.8 / 10

Votes

142,788

Metascore

71

Rotten Tomatoes

74%

Box office

$71,107,711

Budget

$68,000,000

Edition

Base