A Good Little Movie
Conceived and executed in near do***entary fashion, The Bank Job easily outshines a great deal of the action adventure-fare that has been on offer over the last twelve months; inviting David-and-Goliath comparison with its big-budget brethren (it's better and smarter than, "I am Legend" was, but then, what isn't?). Its flaws and occassional moments of clumsiness are purely mechanical--out in the open and you gloss over them. There's a lack of pretension about 'The Bank Job' that is genuinely refreshing; almost as if they couldn't fit the bad stuff in the script into the budget.
in a lot of ways, the Bank Job is the perfect date movie: It has enough action, nudity and suspense for the guy, while providing enough relationship tension to keep the woman awake. Despite some very clumsy, very obvious moments and an overall approach to humanity that might ignite some after-movie conversation, the Bank Job is a good and safe movie and it is even fun to watch.