Review of Money Monster (2016) by Ginak — 17 May 2016

You have to have a little patience with this film. Either Jodie Foster or the scriptwriter had trouble with the setup. I thought the satire of the money guru show could have been stronger and I had a very negative reaction to Jack O’Connell (Kyle) who just seemed to be a pain in the butt at first and totally unsympathetic.

But gradually this movie built up a head of steam and some real tension, and both George Clooney and Julia Roberts were very good. I think Jodie Foster did a good directing job, and I enjoyed this film, but I also think it could have been a lot better – funnier and more suspenseful and more biting in its message.

Spike Lee’s film Inside Man had a much better pace, for example, and the satiric edge was more cutting in The Big Short.