Will connect with anyone who ever had a bad experience with a bank or finance company, and provides a satisfyingly loathsome character in Anthony LaPaglia's engaging protrayal of a corporate shark.
75
Miami HeraldMarta Barber
Miami HeraldMarta Barber
The Bank, despite its faulty finale, is a fun and thrilling ride.
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
The film is not without its flaws, but it sports a terrific production design that integrates magically into the story -- as well as another top-notch performance by Anthony LaPaglia.
70
L.A. WeeklyJon Strickland
L.A. WeeklyJon Strickland
Like "Wall Street" before it, The Bank never amounts to more than a glossy comic book, and first-time writer-director Robert Connolly stumbles with his plotting and his direction of Wenham.
Though the script's twists and turns are fairly conventional and the Davis subplot is handled in an awkwardly obvious way, first-time feature filmmaker Robert Connolly understands the power of style.
50
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Like the film itself, Jim Doyle is smart enough to be engaging and lovely to look at, but he's too one-dimensional to be satisfying.
20
Film Threat
Film Threat
Neither a stimulating satire nor a serious exposure of the operations of the finance industry.