The Accountant starring Ben Affleck and directed by Gavin O'Connor was to me one of the best trailers this year. Plus I loved Miracle and Warrior. I really enjoy movies that focus on finding genius minds in unexpected and wild situations. Example would be Good Will Hunting or A Beautiful Mind. I was hoping the same from this. Unfortunately, it didn't deliver in that respect. On the bright side... it is an entertaining action flick. Speaking of action... the sequences in this movie are amazingly badass. Ben Affleck did a nice job of making it always seem like his character was always just a bit off.  Sometimes he delivers lines in such a blunt way, highlighting his quirks and inability to accurately read social encounters. The minor criticism I have for him is that a few lines came off as robotic. His voice always had an undertone of that but  it mostly added to the film, reminding you of his condition. There were just a few instances when it didn't work. All his mental and emotional breakdowns were captured well. O'Connor did a great job at showing how in those freak out moments you feel like your world is crashing down on top of you and how everything seems amplified to the nth degree. Even though I wasn't emotionally invested in all the characters, by the end I felt for Affleck's character and those close to him. Jon Bernthal was great in the movie. Every time he came on screen you felt his presence immediately. I think he’s definitely going to be a force to be reckoned with in the coming years. Another thing that stood out was how they captured the power and destruction of gunshots going off. I’m specifically referencing the sniper rifle that Affleck uses throughout the film. That thing can do some damage and every time it goes off it catches your attention. The humor hits pretty much every time and that’s always a good thing. It works mainly because of Affleck’s inability to gauge social situations. It opens up a lot of opportunities for funny and awkward situations.  All that being said, I didn't see Anna Kendrick's character as being all that necessary. The scenes with her dragged on and she didn't add much to the story. It may have humanized Affleck a bit but it could have been done in a different and more effective way. The major way this movie fails is it's too convoluted and important story elements easily get lost in the shuffle. Some of the exposition is at times very unclear. I liked the continuous flashbacks that showed Affleck's past but some very important ones at the end should be presented in sequential order when they aren't. I had to look up the imdb synopsis to figure out what exactly had gone down and when each thing happened. All in all, the film is enjoyable and I thought it ended strongly. It gets a solid B from me.