justintimeforeverything
I absolutely love this movie. It's not just a great movie overall, but it brings out a lot of emotions that I can relate to as a person with Aspergers. Ben Affleck did a great job at showing the world what life can be like for a person with this disorder. And much like Christian in this movie, I was able to use my disorder to my own advantage. It's what helped me succeed in my career today. And it's what makes me who I am. I consider myself very successful in my career and life. And I owe a lot of it to having Aspergers. Of course it has it's cons, as you saw in the movie. But it brings a whole new mindset and point of view to the world. For those of you with this disorder or ones like it, I suggest you try to figure out how to use your condition to succeed in your life. Like me, you may find that you're exceptionally good at something because of your condition. And if you enjoy it, do it your way and try your hardest. Use movies like this as inspiration. Just don't ever think you can't do something because you're not like everyone else. That was my hardest lesson. The day I accepted myself who I am and stopped trying to be "normal" was also the day my whole life changed for the best. And make sure your spouse respects you. In hard times, they are likely to be the best person to talk to when you're struggling with your condition. I've had relationships where the other person put me down or criticized me for being "weird". That's just unacceptable. You deserve better! Today I'm a happily married man with a thriving career, my own house, car and supportive group of friends and family. It took a LOT of hard work to become who I am today. It's worth it! Don't give up! And you may want to let your close friends and family about your condition. For me, it helps them understand why I may say or do things that sometimes come off as weird, rude, etc. I hope this helps someone! For those of you "normal" people, keep on supporting those with disorders. When you see them in a struggle, try to help. Highlight the good things about them. It may help more than you'll ever know!
Neil Welch
Christian Wolff - who, we already know, is somewhere on the autism scale - is a small-town tax accountant with a secret: he solves large-scale financial problems for unpleasant people who may have money-laundering issues. He starts working to unravel false accounting at a prosthetics/electronics firm just as the FBI start to intensify looking for the mysterious Accountant who works under the aliases of various mathematicians.This film is a bit difficult to classify. It has a bit of action, some mystery and suspense, and even a touch of comedy. It is a thriller and a character study. If you're an accountant (koff koff), there's even a bit of accountancy in there for you to slaver over. And you often don't know where it's going while it shows you multiple story threads until, towards the end, they begin to come together.But the journey through this mystifying confusion of seemingly disparate narrative strands is never less than entertaining, for a number of reasons. And the main one of these is Ben Affleck's performance as Christian. We see him initially as a child, full of OCD, with a rift between him and the rest of society, and an inability to cope with things like a task left incomplete. Only his brother is able to calm him at such times. Meeting him as an adult, he has clearly developed strategies which enable him to cope in society, but he still remains seemingly emotionless, able to imitate some element of emotional connection but not really experiencing it. Affleck, who seemed to lose his way as an actor, has found it again here: he is first-rate, and an Oscar nomination looks likely (Oscar does seem to like characters with handicaps). The rest of the cast is also excellent.The action and direction are very good and the story is immensely satisfying, albeit you are left with unanswered questions (who is the mysterious woman on the other end of the phone, an intermittent dea ex machina?) and, perhaps, an idea that not everything makes as much sense as it ought to.Nonetheless, this film merits strong recommendation.
Kaustubh Rajnish
A superhero who is guess what - an accountant! A boy with autism grows up to be an accountant for the bad guys. His superpower - doing quick accounting and being an ace marksman (the gun type). Things change when he is called upon to check the accounting of tech company where something sinister is hiding in that cash flow statement (yes the nerds have truly taken over). Enjoyable entertainer with perhaps much more franchise potential than Sad Affleck's earlier DC crap Superman V Batman.
sandvette9
I am not a fan of Ben Affleck, probably because he looks like my ex- brother-in-law. However this is the best movie I have seen him in. I love this movie and I agree with all the good reviews it got. The negative reviews I can't believe. My ex-husband was a CPA and while we were married all those guys would have loved this movie. He would have too but he passed away in 2015 so he didn't get to see it. One way I Judge a movie is how many times I'll watch it on cable. Whenever this is on I watch it! It's far better than most of the stuff that's on. The first time I saw it I was so impressed with it that I wished I had seen it at a theater.
I enjoyed reading all the trivia notes about this on IMBD and it looks like they really researched everything intolved in it. All the actors did a great job too especially JK Simmons and the girl who played Dana. ( I'm a senior citizen and can't remember her name right now and if I turn back to the page I'll lose this review!). Really everyone was terrific including the boys who played young Chris and Braxton. I wonder if there will be an upswing in autistic boys getting training in martial arts!
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