Review of Money Monster (2016) by Carfan1999 — 11 Aug 2016

As a pure hostage thriller, Money Monster succeeds. Every minute is tense and keeps your eyes glued to the screen. George Clooney and Julia Roberts both provide great performances and the ending is rather unique.

However, this film also tries to say something about Wall Street and the media. Rather, Wall Street is bad, corrupt, and full of greedy people. The Media is cynical and only cares about making news flashy, rather than properly reporting it.

Also, that the American people are being ripped off by the corporate system. This is where the film falters. Instead of taking a strong stance on these issues, the film handles all of this more or less as satire and the topics themselves are oversimplified.

For example, instead of explaining how Wall Street works, the movie simplifies it to "it's bad and full of greed". Nonetheless, as a pure simple and, although forgettable thriller, Money Monster works pretty well.