Rotten
The frenzied drama has no clear point of view besides its air of celebrity condescension.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
Money Monster
Not every conspiracy is a theory.
2016 · 1h 39m · R
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Jodie Foster
Overview
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.
Director and cast
- Jodie Foster Director
- George Clooney as Lee Gates
- Caitríona Balfe as Diane Lester
- Jack O'Connell as Kyle Budwell
- Julia Roberts as Patty Fenn
- Olivia Luccardi as Arlene
- Dominic West as Walt Camby
- Giancarlo Esposito as Captain Marcus Powell
- Emily Meade as Molly
- Chris Bauer as Lt. Nelson
- Dennis Boutsikaris as James Goodloe
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
57%
Tomatometer
Rotten
With all the ranting about a "rigged" financial system, the movie certainly captures the zeitgeist, but it' so overloaded with action-movie tropes and tech-based plot contrivances that it begins to feel a little silly.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Rotten
No matter how many times Jack O'Connell waves his gun in the air and threatens to detonate the place with a bomb, you never truly believe anyone's life is in danger.
Mara Reinstein, Us Weekly
Rotten
A bewilderingly facile and preposterously plotted misfire that offers few pleasures as either a star-driven thriller or a big-screen indictment of the forces that devastated global bank accounts.
Robert Abele, TheWrap
Rotten
The pieces would seem to be in place, but ... "Money Monster" is a stodgy, moribund plodder loaded with stock characters that wouldn't have felt edgy in 1983 and has about the same contemporary urgency as your average late-night rerun of "CSI: NY."
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
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