johnke.meThe Accountant
Honestly, it took me three runs at this film to finish it. The problem, for me, was that the opening half of the film is some of the most turgid setup, written as if the audience is completely stupid. Actually, the whole film treats the audience as if it’s stupid. There’s a bit at the end where the treasure agent has finally figured out who he is and the film has her say all the things out loud that the audience have already worked out ages ago. A LITTLE LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK PLEASE. So yeah, this isn’t a problem that goes away in the film, it’s just that there isn’t enough juice in the first half to justify it. It gets a lot more enjoyable in the second half when it stops pretending to be the first draft of Good Will Hunting/ and goes a little more John Wick.
But tbh I think my main issue with this film is that I just don’t like Ben Affleck.