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- With good performances and a solid point of view, Money Monster is an exceptionally enjoyable thriller. It does suffer from multiple ending syndrome and loses its way occasionally, particularly in the third act, but there is so much good that happens before it gets that far to more than make up for those issues.
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59% Tomatometer 284 Reviews 51% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings. Lee Gates is a Wall Street guru who picks hot stocks as host of the television show "Money Monster." Suddenly, during a live...
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- Jodie Foster
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- George Clooney
- George Clooney tries to tame his own Money Monster.
- Verdict
By Josh Lasser
Updated: Nov 24, 2018 7:08 pm
Posted: May 12, 2016 6:43 pm
When we see George Clooney on the big screen, we are regularly treated to an ultra cool, ultra confident, ultra collected character. A Danny Ocean or Matt Kowalski. Lee Gates, Clooney's character in Money Monster may initially be of the same mold, but has his world turned upside down when he is attacked on the set of his financial news TV show.
As it becomes clear to him that the attacker, Kyle Budwell (Jack O'Connell), is not part of some planned prank but rather truly there to hurt someone, for a moment—just a moment—Gates is utterly terrified and completely without defenses. All too quickly, he recovers and while he is scared for most of the film, that raw bit of terror that we too rarely see in Clooney's eyes dissipates.
This recovery is emblematic of a tonal problem which the Jodie Foster-directed film faces. A clear critique of entertainment-based news programming shows, like Jim Cramer's CNBC series Mad Money, Money Monster offers up the tale of one man, Budwell, who foolishly took the advice he heard from Gates on the latter's TV show (also called Money Monster). The film attempts to mix up the terrifying moments, including Gates being made to wear an explosive-laden vest, with some incredibly funny ones, like Budwell's girlfriend, Molly (Emily Meade), berating him in the middle of the standoff. Although some of the transitions between funny and deadly serious are handled well, at other times, just as with Gates going from insanely terrified to only moderately scared, they are too fast, ripping the audience out of the unfolding drama.
With good performances and a solid point of view, Money Monster is an exceptionally enjoyable thriller. It does suffer from multiple ending syndrome and loses its way occasionally, particularly in the third act, but there is so much good that happens before it gets that far to more than make up for those issues. It may have difficulty shifting from...
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.
May 12, 2016 · If you could pour the nation’s collective financial anxiety into one vessel, it would take the shape of Money Monster. George Clooney is Lee Gates, the dazzling host of a live financial-advice...
Jodie Foster has directed a real-time drama that’s lean, efficient and benefits from the enormous charisma of George Clooney in the starring role as a slick, smug financial pundit.
Money Monster is a 2016 American crime thriller film directed by Jodie Foster, with a screenplay by Jamie Linden, Alan Di Fiore, and Jim Kouf from a story by Di Fiore and Kouf. The film stars George Clooney (who also co-produced), Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell, Dominic West, Caitríona Balfe, and Giancarlo Esposito.
May 30, 2017 · Overall, Money Monster is a good thriller that nails the tense nature of a hostage situation but never quite elevates it up to being a great film. O’Connell is one of the stand outs here with a solid performance and easily outshadows everyone else on screen.
