Review of Arbitrage (2012) by Jeremyp — 21 Sep 2012

A tight script, good performances from Gere, Roth, Margolin. A Bernie Madoff type trying to stitch up his financial empire and life before it unravels. Will this slick Willy get caught or will he be able to dodge the consequences by browbeating, bullying, mesmerizing his way out of serious trouble? Yeah he reminds us of Gecko, and he's nothing like Bernie except in life style, in fact compared to Bernie he's a lightweight multi- millionaire.

But he runs into the integrity of two people he can't shine the shoes of: his daughter, who won't go down with him and a wannabe middle class Black kid who is so tied into loyalty, gratitude, and guilt that he's very reluctantly willing to sacrifice himself.

It's worth seeing if just to see a Master of the Universe walk the high wire over his own demise.