Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage.Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage.Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Caitríona Balfe
- Diane Lester
- (as Caitriona Balfe)
Dola Rashad
- Bree (The Assistant)
- (as Condola Rashad)
Storyline
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- TriviaFor scheduling reasons, Julia Roberts and George Clooney worked together very little in this film. Roberts shot all her scenes with green screen on the monitors her character watches throughout the movie.
- GoofsThe wireless, handheld camera Lenny uses towards the end of film wouldn't be able to transmit while in the elevator. Unless receiving equipment was placed along the route between the studio and Federal Hall, and again inside Federal Hall, he wouldn't be able to transmit from there, either.
- Quotes
Patty Fenn: [final line] So what the hell kind of show are we going to do next week?
- SoundtracksWhat Makes The World Go Round? (MONEY!)
Written by Dan The Automator (as Daniel Nakamura) and Del the Funky Homosapien (as Teren Delvon Jones)
Produced by Dan The Automator
Performed by Dan The Automator featuring Del the Funky Homosapien
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Entertaining if elementary take on the financial crisis.
In Money Monster, George Clooney plays a TV presenter who is taken hostage live on camera by a desperate young man played by the brilliant Jack O'Connell. I really enjoyed this film; finding it thrilling and well paced throughout. However, it falls short of being completely satisfying.
Six months ago, The Big Short - a far superior film - attempted to tackle the full complexity of the 2008 financial crisis and its causes and did so in a way that was both enlightening and entertaining. Money Monster is more like Phone Booth. In this movie the credit crunch is merely the setting for a tense thrill ride; which is OK except it feels like it's aiming to be more substantial.
I've heard Jodie Foster, the director, say that the seventies will always be her favourite era because movies took such risks back then. Her key influences here are clearly Network and Dog Day Afternoon. Perhaps this is the problem. It feels like a 1970s style take on a 21st Century issue. Thanks in part to other recent movies we already have a more sophisticated appreciation of the reality of the financial sector.
But I still really enjoyed Money Monster. George Clooney strikes the right balance as the likable scoundrel who just needs a gun to the head in order to realise how far down the wrong path he has travelled. And Jack O'Connell is probably my favourite actor of this decade. Just as he did in Starred Up or Eden Lake, this young man threatens to break though the screen and grab hold of you. Electrifying.
In the end I see this film as a fable and a romp. It is lots of fun. The ending just seemed a bit Hollywood. If you want to see a film that explores the impact that the financial crisis had on regular people I highly recommend the underrated 99 Homes.
Six months ago, The Big Short - a far superior film - attempted to tackle the full complexity of the 2008 financial crisis and its causes and did so in a way that was both enlightening and entertaining. Money Monster is more like Phone Booth. In this movie the credit crunch is merely the setting for a tense thrill ride; which is OK except it feels like it's aiming to be more substantial.
I've heard Jodie Foster, the director, say that the seventies will always be her favourite era because movies took such risks back then. Her key influences here are clearly Network and Dog Day Afternoon. Perhaps this is the problem. It feels like a 1970s style take on a 21st Century issue. Thanks in part to other recent movies we already have a more sophisticated appreciation of the reality of the financial sector.
But I still really enjoyed Money Monster. George Clooney strikes the right balance as the likable scoundrel who just needs a gun to the head in order to realise how far down the wrong path he has travelled. And Jack O'Connell is probably my favourite actor of this decade. Just as he did in Starred Up or Eden Lake, this young man threatens to break though the screen and grab hold of you. Electrifying.
In the end I see this film as a fable and a romp. It is lots of fun. The ending just seemed a bit Hollywood. If you want to see a film that explores the impact that the financial crisis had on regular people I highly recommend the underrated 99 Homes.
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- Jun 9, 2016
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- Also known as
- Mặt Trái Phố Wall
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- Budget
- $27,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $41,012,075
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,788,157
- May 15, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $93,282,604
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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