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Money Monster

2016

Jodie Foster

George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell, Caitriona Balfe ...

5.7

12,647

Thriller. Drama Lee Gates is a TV personality whose insider tips have made him the money guru of Wall Street. When young Kyle Budwell (Jack O'Connell) loses all of his family's money on a bad tip, he holds Lee and his entire show hostage on air threatening to kill Lee if he does not get the stock up 24 and a half points before the bell.

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"An ordinary film about an extraordinary situation (...) a timely, moderately engaging real-time thriller (...) that unfortunately lacks any suspense whatsoever."	NEU
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Foster's direction, aided by cinematographer Matthew Libatique's sharp, clean light, is the most fluid and well-considered of her career. The script is an asset, too. Until it becomes a mixed-bag liability. Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Andrew Barker Variety	"The film hangs together surprisingly well, thanks to on-point performances from George Clooney and Julia Roberts, a sprinkle of obtuse humor and Foster's streamlined direction."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The movie does not entirely convince as a white-knuckle thriller (...) [It] isn’t terribly original either (...) But it’s fun, and undoubtedly watchable. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"For a movie which is focused on current events, Money Monster feels five years behind the times (...) Jodie Foster fails to bring anything incisive to the story"	NEG
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"You will not necessarily learn anything here about how TV or high finance really work, but you will be invited to enjoy the illusion of such enlightenment in the skilled and charismatic company of Julia Roberts and George Clooney."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Foster moves her film from a pulse-quickening nail-biter to an incisive look at a beleaguered America undergoing a crisis of faith. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Yet even as Foster maintains a fair amount of suspense whenever Kyle's gun veers toward another target, 'Money Monster' has a blithe quality, as if none of the high stakes really matter because the whole movie has been designed for a broader critical purpose"	NEU
United States	Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer	"Even if 'Money Monster' ultimately gets held hostage by its plot intricacies, Clooney, Roberts, O'Connell, and Foster do their jobs. It's a movie worth investing in."	POS

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