Any movie that opens with a jumbo-size Marlon Brando - sausaged into a white suit, yet - mincing into a Montreal jazz club spouting French ("Bonjour") and looking for a thief named Nick, who happens to be played by Robert De Niro, scores points. That's just for bringing together the two legends who played the older and younger versions of Vito Corleone in the Godfather films. Add Edward Norton as the new kid on the…

In 1989, a terrific cast--Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman and Matthew Broderick--couldn't prevent the crime caper Family Business from being a disappointment. Now The Score pits Robert De Niro, Edward Norton and Marlon Brando against each another, and the result is even less satisfying.

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Given that The Score's motto seems to have been ''been there, stole that,'' it's hard to imagine why it would interest the likes of De Niro, Norton and Brando. Perhaps the determining factor was the prospect…