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Indyfreak - wrote on 02/15/2017
The Accountant is an entertaining if overstuffed thriller with a good cast and a commitment to its premise focused on an unassuming forensics accountant who is actually a fixer for the criminal underworld. Given his double life, he is efficient at using guns and his fists. On top of that, Christian Wolff (Affleck) is a high functioning autistic.
That is enough for a complete three act story in of itself. But the movie is more ambitious than that. It piles on a conspiracy subplot of corporate intrigue, an odd couple romance, and a third one where two FBI agents provide essential exposition to the audience. At times, that is overwhelming and it is a lot to take in.
Ben Affleck is great as the stoic type and his moments with Anna Kendrick are light and amusing. There is supporting …
