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Metascore®69 out of 100 | Generally favorable reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    One of the pleasures of The Bank Job is that it returns us to the days when robbing a bank was a gritty, hole-in-the-wall affair. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Phillips

    Slick, ice-cold and enjoyable, The Bank Job is a bit of all right. Read full review

  • 75
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Imagine a blend of "Snatch," "Ocean's 11" and "The Italian Job." Then juxtapose the staples of the caper genre with real events involving national security and high-level corruption, and the result is The Bank Job. Read full review

  • 75
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    A heist movie in the classic tradition - it details every aspect of the caper, from its genesis to its aftermath. The fact that there's political intrigue and espionage swirling around the edges only makes it more fascinating. Read full review

  • 70
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    The Bank Job engages us fully with a tale that's well-fashioned more than anything else, a fascinating study of morality at several levels of English society, and of honor, or the lack of it, among implausibly likable thieves. Read full review

  • 70
    Time | Richard Schickel

    There is not a lot of scintillating dialogue in The Bank Job, but there are plenty of kinky sexual allusions and it includes a torture sequence about as brutal as anything you're likely to see in the movies these days. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Crust

    The film dawdles at times. but for the most part Donaldson keeps just the right amount of tension present in each scene. Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    The workmanlike title The Bank Job is a nice fit for this wham-bam caper flick. Read full review

  • 60
    Variety | Leslie Felperin

    An engrossing if underwhelming period thriller. Read full review

  • 58
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott Tobias

    Donaldson also misses the chance to score some easy laughs from his petty criminals, who are infinitely more audacious than they are competent. Read full review