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As a child, Christian Wolff is diagnosed with a high-functioning form of autism at Harbor Neuroscience, where he meets the doctor’s daughter, Justine. Chris’s father declines the offer for his son to stay at a sensory friendly environment, believing that Chris must overcome the hardships inherent in his condition, but Chris’s overwhelmed mother abandons their family. Afraid that others will exploit his son, Chris’s father—a US Army PSYOP officer—begins a brutal regimen of stoicism and martial arts training for both him and his brother, Braxton.
In the present, Chris works as a forensic accountant from a small strip mall office in Plainfield, Illinois. He unmasks insider financial deceptions, often for criminal and terrorist enterprises. Chris’s clients interact with Chris through the Voice, an unidentified woman who calls him “Dreamboat”. He exposes himself to loud music and flashing lights while abusing his own shinbone on a daily basis to inure himself to sensory overload.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) Director Ray King pursues Chris, known to them as “the Accountant”. King recruits Treasury data analyst Marybeth Medina to help him locate the Accountant. Her leads include Chris’s cover names, a recording from his killing of nine members of the Gambino crime family, and some photos.
Chris is hired to audit Living Robotics after the company’s founder and CEO, Lamar Blackburn and his sister Rita, learn of discrepancies from in-house accountant Dana Cummings. Chris finds that over $61 million has been embezzled from the company. CFO Ed Chilton, who is diabetic, is forced by a hitman to commit suicide from an insulin overdose. Lamar dismisses Chris, claiming Chilton killed himself because of the investigation of the embezzlement, leaving Chris very distraught because he cannot finish the audit.
The Accountant is a 2016 American crime thriller film directed by Gavin O’Connor, written by Bill Dubuque and starring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J. K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, Jeffrey Tambor, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, and John Lithgow. The storyline follows a small-town Illinois certified public accountant with high-functioning autism[3] who actually makes his living uncooking the books of dangerous criminal organizations around the world that are experiencing internal embezzlement.
The Accountant premiered in Los Angeles on October 10, 2016, and saw its European premiere in London on October 17. The film was theatrically released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on October 14, 2016. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $155 million worldwide. In 2017, according to MPAA’s end of year report, it is the top film for both disc and digital rentals.
The Accountant
Directed by: Gavin O’Connor
Starring: Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Alison Wright, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Gregory Alan Williams
Screenplay by: Bill Dubuque
Production Design by: Keith P. Cunningham
Cinematography by: Seamus McGarvey
Film Editing by: Richard Pearson
Costume Design by: Nancy Steiner
Set Decoration by: Douglas A. Mowat
Music by: Mark Isham
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and language throughout.
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: October 14, 2016
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