In Money Monster, George Clooney and Julia Roberts star as Lee Gates and Patty Fenn, a financial television show host and his producer, who are caught up in a bizarre, on-air hostage situation when a man named Kyle Budwell (Jack O'Connell) storms the set of Lee's show, Money Monster. An investor in a company called Ibis Clear Capital, Kyle lost his entire life savings when the company experienced what they call "a glitch" in their investment algorithm. Now Kyle wants Ibis' CEO, Walt Camby (Dominic West), to explain what happened to his money, and he's prepared to go to any lengths to get some answers.
In the scenes that follow, Money Monster more or less delivers what you might expect from a hostage thriller, as Kyle — your prototypical "little guy" who's been victimized by a greater evil (in this case, the big banks) — is driven to commit drastic acts out of sheer desperation. That being said, director Jodie Foster and writers Jamie Linden, Alan DiFiore and Jim Kouf do manage to mix it up by throwing a few curveballs at the audience, livening up the drama with frequent and funny jabs at the state of both mainstream journalism and social media.
3.5 out of 5
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In the scenes that follow, Money Monster more or less delivers what you might expect from a hostage thriller, as Kyle — your prototypical "little guy" who's been victimized by a greater evil (in this case, the big banks) — is driven to commit drastic acts out of sheer desperation. That being said, director Jodie Foster and writers Jamie Linden, Alan DiFiore and Jim Kouf do manage to mix it up by throwing a few curveballs at the audience, livening up the drama with frequent and funny jabs at the state of both mainstream journalism and social media.
3.5 out of 5
Click here to read my full review.
