Review of Arbitrage (2012) by Liquidlunch — 12 Jan 2014
Richard Gere's hedge fund magnate Robert Miller is a studied personification of post-2008 "big finance" excess and moral turpitude. The movie's point is a wearily familiar truism: there will be no justice for powerful rich people, regardless of the scale of their crimes.
What debut director Nicholas Jarecki succeeds in accentuating - with the help of Gere's perfectly judged performance - is the role that charisma and intelligence, rather than just naked economic power, play in maintaining this depressingly destructive cycle.
A terse and effective thriller with an excellent supporting cast including Susan Sarandon.
This review of Arbitrage (2012) was written by Liquidlunch on 12 Jan 2014.
Arbitrage has generally received positive reviews.
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