Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Hitchcoc Another sleeper that became one of my favorite films. Eliott Gould plays a bank teller who anticipates a robbery. He tricks the actual bank robber and takes the money for himself. Two things happen. Someone else is blamed and the bad guy (Christopher Plummer) is not going to rest until he gets his money. He also is sadistic enough to want Gould's head. What transpires is parry and thrust between Gould and Plummer with the latter being a really big threat. The way this plays out shows how incredible plotting can make a good movie great. This is the way movies should be made. Gould was a kind of icon of this era. The conclusion is so very satisfying, not clichéd or contrived like so many are.

inspectors71 Okay, let's get the American arrogance out of the way right at the start. Canadian movies used to suck. They don't now. Or, at least, the ratio of suckage to non-sucky is acceptable.And this coming from a citizen of a country that produces some of the great suck-fests in film and financial history.Now, let's proceed with saying that I had no idea, when I watched The Silent Partner on HBO almost 40 years ago, that it would be one of the better-crafted crime drama/suspensers I've had the pleasure to see. The cast is strong, the story intriguing, and, well, it has Susannah York, so what can I say?The story of a bank teller who gets wind that a robbery is about to take place, and spirits a lot of cash away beforehand, has a nice, unique feel. Elliot Gould is the teller, and Christopher Plummer is the robber, a very bad man who doesn't react well when he discovers that Gould has ripped him off. I saw The Silent Partner again in the late 80s, and I liked it just as well as the first time. Considering my tastes, my ability to analyze, my understanding of human nature that grew from 20 to 30 made me wary of a movie I liked so well a decade or so before. Yet, I thought the movie was stronger the second time around. So, if, by some chance, you can find the movie uncut (it earns its R-rating, folks), be sure to watch and savor The Silent Partner.

Scott LeBrun This rather ingenious movie, based on the novel "Think of a Number" by Anders Bodelsen, has a story, complete with fun twists and turns, that really keeps the viewer watching. Elliott Gould stars as bank teller Miles Cullen, held up by psychotic criminal Harry Reikle (Christopher Plummer). Unfortunately for Reikle, he doesn't obtain his entire potential take because Miles has already figured out a clever way to steal from the bank himself. When the robber realizes he was screwed, he's enraged and the two characters indulge in a battle of wits, with each man making moves that surprise the other. It's this whole interplay between these characters that provides this movie with some real meat, and it just goes to show that some people can't be taken at face value, are capable of daring actions, and may be far more crafty than we believe. On location shooting in Toronto is an asset (it's quite clear this takes place in Canada from the get go), as well as a cracking pace and a number of riveting scenes. Gould is nicely understated, as the unlikely thief, and Plummer, in one of his more interesting roles (it's cool to actually hear him curse out Gould), is damn convincing. Miles' bravado extends to his aggressively pursuing both Julie Carver (Susannah York), a co-worker and the mistress of his boss (Michael Kirby), and Elaine (Celine Lomez, an exquisite lady who even does some full frontal nudity), who's not what she initially appears to be. While the occasional bursts of brutal violence are indeed a little jarring, they do go a long way in showing the utter depravity and ruthlessness of the Reikle character. The screenplay is by Curtis Hanson, who also takes an associate producer credit, and the taut direction is by Daryl Duke ("Payday"). It's also fun to see a young John Candy in one of his earliest film roles; although he never gets to do much here, that inherent likability of his still comes through. The story here is a truly entertaining one, from its chilling robbery sequence wherein Reikle makes for an intimidating Santa Claus to his ugly confrontation with Elaine. This movie is a true sleeper that definitely deserves to be better known. Eight out of 10.

Seltzer If you want to watch Christopher Plummer beat up and kill women, then this is the film for you. There are a couple of interesting plot twists, but they can't make up for the lackluster acting of Elliott Gould and Susannah York. He's completely unbelievable as the clerk who is more devious than he seems to be--he's just walking through the role. And it's ridiculous that these gorgeous women would be falling all over him. Susannah York says she's unhappy with her life but you'd never know it from her flat affect and flat delivery. In fact, everyone in this film seems to be on Valium except Christopher Plummer's character, who should be force-fed large amounts of it. A nasty little film. I'm sorry I watched it.