Synopsis
Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.
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Cast
- Anthony HopkinsThe Mentor
- Anson MountThe Virtuoso
- Abbie CornishThe Waitress
- Diora BairdJohnnie's Girlfriend
- Eddie MarsanThe Loner
- David MorseThe Deputy
- Richard BrakeHandsome Johnnie
- Chris PerfettiThe Motel Clerk
- Lory MolinoBackground
- Shay GuthrieCamaro Girl
Recommendations
- 50
San Francisco Chronicle
The Virtuoso covers well-worn territory — the assassin story is almost a genre unto itself — and director Nick Stagliano, hampered by a predictable script, can’t bring much new to the game. - 40
The Guardian
When it’s all over and the big twist you saw coming in the first 15 minutes has been revealed, you feel empty, a bit depressed, and like you need another cup of coffee. - 40
The Telegraph
Director and co-writer Nick Stagliano tries to wax serious about the business of killing, but the trouble is, he hasn’t written any characters who scan as real people. - 38
Movie Nation
It’s the sort of film that starts out bad and occasionally lapses into awful, largely thanks to a dull lead and the fact that the script has him narrating, in voice over, his every move in the second person. - 25
RogerEbert.com
Director Nick Stagliano doesn’t help matters much by presenting the material with a poky pace that does not exactly bring the narrative to vivid life. - 20
Variety
Hopkins isn’t awful in The Virtuoso, but the movie that surrounds him is. - 10
The New York Times
It’s not just the title character who fails to thrive. The filmmaking is on occasion, to put it kindly, fractured.
