The Accountant (2016)
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As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 13 October 2016 |
| Genre | Crime, Thriller, Drama |
| Director | Gavin O'Connor |
| Starring | Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick and J.K. Simmons |
| Runtime | 128 min |
| Rated | R |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 5.7/10 · Metacritic 51/100 · Rotten Tomatoes 53% · TMDB users 7.1/10 |
| Budget | $44 million |
| Box office | $155 million worldwide |
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What kind of watch this is
Gavin O’Connor directs Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff, a math savant who uncooks books for a new client while the Treasury Department closes in. The film is 128 minutes of quiet, precise violence. It is a crime thriller that treats arithmetic as a moral compass. When the body count rises, the tension comes from watching a man calculate risk with terrifying accuracy. It is for anyone who finds comfort in logic.
What the critics said
Rotten Tomatoes sits at 53% as of April 2025, with an average rating of 5.7/10. Metacritic lands on 51 out of 100, filing it under mixed or average. The consensus notes that the film writes off a committed performance from Ben Affleck. It leaves viewers with a scattershot action thriller beset by ill-advised deductions.
Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3.5 stars, calling it "BIG FUN" despite its inconsistencies. Richard Brody of The New Yorker saw a house of cards coming down. Some critics also questioned the portrayal of autism, specifically the character's violence. The audience gave it an A on CinemaScore.
How it did with audiences
The Accountant spent $44 million to make and took $155 million worldwide. That margin counts as a solid return, the kind that keeps the lights on without making headlines. In the United States, it pulled in $86 million, proving that a quiet math whiz can still pack a punch at the box office. Audiences gave it a 7.1 TMDB user score, a number that suggests people enjoyed the arithmetic, even if the studio’s projections were a bit conservative.
What came next for the cast
The cast list offers a few interesting pivots. Anna Kendrick moved from the Twilight saga to A Simple Favor, trading vampire drama for serial-killer comedy. J.K. Simmons kept returning to Spider-Man, a franchise that clearly refuses to let its supporting actors rest. Ben Affleck went from Gone Girl to Justice League, a leap that defies logical career planning. Jon Bernthal jumped from The Wolf of Wall Street to Baby Driver. These shifts happened after The Accountant, but the film itself did not cause them. The timeline simply records what followed.
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Sources
- The Accountant on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q18883455 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The Accountant (2016 film)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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