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Movie critics combined give Bank Job, The (2008) a score of 2.6445 out of 4
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Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Film Journal International (Doris Toumarkine)Film Journal International (Doris Toumarkine)
The Bank Job, based on an actual London bank robbery allegedly devised by British intelligence to protect Princess Margaret from photos snapped of her en flagrante, is a smart, assured work from filmmaking pros blessed with a sensational cast. Critics ...read the complete Bank Job movie review at Film Journal International (Doris Toumarkine)
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Gerald's Reviews (Gerald Wright)Gerald's Reviews (Gerald Wright)
The London bank, Lloyds Bank was robbed more than 35 years ago. This robbery was staged by MI5 to recover compromising pictures of Princess Margaret on the Caribbean Island of Mustique, documents of high level government corruption and a sexual scandals. ...read the complete Bank Job movie review at Gerald's Reviews (Gerald Wright)
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The Cinema Source (Michael M. Dance)The Cinema Source (Michael M. Dance)
...read the complete Bank Job movie review at The Cinema Source (Michael M. Dance)
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
"The Bank Job" is a refreshing change. ...read the complete Bank Job movie review at Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for movies.com (Dave White)movies.com (Dave White)
...read the complete Bank Job movie review at movies.com (Dave White)
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
This intricate, slyly entertaining heist movie dazzles -- and delivers a sex symbol with a soul. ...read the complete Bank Job movie review at Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
This is another of those based-on-a-true-story tales that again shows that fact, once again, is stranger than fiction. This is a wonderfully complex “Job” that starts out with sultry Martine (Saphron Burrows) telling her lover, Tim Everett (Richard ...read the complete Bank Job movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for WCBE's It's Movie Time (John DeSando)WCBE's It's Movie Time (John DeSando)
...read the complete Bank Job movie review at WCBE's It's Movie Time (John DeSando)
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
While based on the Lloyd’s Bank heist in 1971 (sometimes referred to as The Walkie-Talkie Bank Job), The Bank Job will raise your eyebrows with the supposedly new revelations the movie presents to explain why a bank robbery that gained so much public ...read the complete Bank Job movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
"The Bank Job" is based on the infamous 1971 Baker Street bank robbery, an event that shook up England, damaging the reputation of government and police officials, before it was locked down with a rare usage of the silencing ...read the complete Bank Job movie review at Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ShowBizCafe.com (Mack Chico)ShowBizCafe.com (Mack Chico)
‘The Bank Job’, dirigida por Roger Donaldson y protagonizada por el carismático Jason Statham y la sensual hispanoparlante Saffron Burrows, es una película del genero de crimen y suspenso. El filme está basado en la misteriosa y verdadera historia ...read the complete Bank Job movie review at ShowBizCafe.com (Mack Chico)
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for 3 Black Chicks ("The Diva")3 Black Chicks ("The Diva")
The Bank Job is great entertainment for grown folks. Check it ...read the complete Bank Job movie review at 3 Black Chicks ("The Diva")
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Boston Herald (Stephen Schaefer)Boston Herald (Stephen Schaefer)
A serviceable B-grade British heist movie, “The Bank Job” is no worse than its generic title. And no better. It front-loads the naughty sex and back-loads the plot twists (the titular crime takes ...read the complete Bank Job movie review at Boston Herald (Stephen Schaefer)
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Insiders (Janos Gereben)Entertainment Insiders (Janos Gereben)
If "The Bank Job" were fiction, it would be a fairly decent robbery caper. As it is, "The Bank Job," a veritable documentary and realistic whodunit, is awesome. ...read the complete Bank Job movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Janos Gereben)
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for
Few phrases are more disheartening to the adventurous moviegoer than “based on a true story,” which usually ensures that dogged fidelity to the facts will take precedence over such niggling matters as dramatic shape and thematic coherence. But while ...read the complete Bank Job movie review at
Bank Job, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
The Bank Job starts off a bit choppy with the confusing introduction of its central characters, but quickly tightens up and becomes a thoroughly entertaining caper film with Jason Statham (Transporter, Crank) in the lead. A story so intriguing and ...read the complete Bank Job movie review at About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
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Bank Job, The (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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Bank Job, The (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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