i didn't plan to see the accountant. not a fan of affleck, though i did pay to see a movie that he's in - and that was because david fincher directed it - gone girl (2014). i got the date wrong because i wanted to see nocturnal animals, but it's only going to be shown next week, so what the hell. i settled for a gavin o'connor fare.
which is not necessarily a bad thing.
what i like about gavin o'connor's movies is that he makes movies which are straightforward, almost by the numbers, but he usually have good actors working on it that it elevates the movie to something grander - think warrior (2011) with tom hardy, joel edgerton and nick nolte. i actually like that he doesn't overplay his hands, which can be annoying, it happens when people try to make things complicated that they actually are. the accountant was close to the border, but it didn't go as far. the risk of doing that, it makes a satisfactory watch, but not a great on.
after watching this movie - which i kind of have mixed feelings about - critics are evidently divided into two camps - one which is kinder to the premise of an autistic accountant with military training punching people to a pulp like liam neeson would have done to save his daughter, or another who finds such story line simply preposterous. i always remind myself that suspension of disbelief is a must while watching anything, so this movie is enjoyable if the audience can be persuaded to be sympathetic to the main character who has trouble connecting with people. i don't know if ben affleck is trying too hard to emote autism, or he does it really well. as i mentioned before, o'connor would have outstanding actors in his film - this one is no exception - like anna kendrick who is underused, j.k. simmons, john lithgow and jeffrey tambor. actually i was impressed with the line up on the movie poster.
worth a watch, but like i said, not exactly spectacular.
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