Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

One of the pleasures of The Bank Job is that it returns us to the days when robbing a bank was a gritty, hole-in-the-wall affair.

Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips

Slick, ice-cold and enjoyable, The Bank Job is a bit of all right.

Premiere by Glenn Kenny

The suspense aspect works like mad, but what's also noteworthy is the character component, which at times evokes a "Smash Palace"-era Donaldson.

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

A heist movie in the classic tradition - it details every aspect of the caper, from its genesis to its aftermath. The fact that there's political intrigue and espionage swirling around the edges only makes it more fascinating.

Rolling Stone by Peter Travers

Dull title for a juicy, fact-based caper movie that's full of surprises I have no intention of spoiling.

Dallas Observer by Robert Wilonsky

Statham's totally believable. He might yet become Bruce Willis.

The New Yorker by David Denby

The actual robbery that the picture is based on is shrouded in mystery, and the screenwriters, Dick Clement and Ian La Fresnais, have engaged in a fair amount of entertaining invention.

Austin Chronicle

Unlike the other great caper films of the last 10 years, like "Ocean’s 11" and "The Italian Job" – stylish affairs in which punishment is close enough to give the audience a sense of lingering danger but never so close that it gets in the way of the technological fetishism and love of tailored shirts that apparently make grand larceny such a kick – the blowback in The Bank Job is real and ugly and involves some sort of pneumatic paint-stripping machine that would freak out the Coen Brothers.

The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck

A slow-paced and often confusingly plotted crime drama that never lives up to the delicious potential of its premise.

Variety

An engrossing if underwhelming period thriller.