
In the real-time, high stakes thriller Money Monster, George Clooney and Julia Roberts star as financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty, who are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor who has lost everything (Jack O'Connell) forcefully takes over their studio. During a tense standoff broadcast to millions on live TV, Lee and Patty must work furiously against the clock to unravel the mystery behind a conspiracy at the heart of today's fast-paced, high-tec... (Full plot summary below)
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In the real-time, high stakes thriller Money Monster, George Clooney and Julia Roberts star as financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty, who are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor who has lost everything (Jack O'Connell) forcefully takes over their studio. During a tense standoff broadcast to millions on live TV, Lee and Patty must work furiously against the clock to unravel the mystery behind a conspiracy at the heart of today's fast-paced, high-tech global markets.
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| Baret NewsKam WilliamsA riveting thriller featuring classic screen chemistry coming courtesy of the eternally bankable Clooney and Roberts! |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenIt tries to be a bit like 'Network.' However, it doesn't quite make the grade. |
| NPRMark JenkinsPlays it straight with a topic that in reality is far more twisted. |
| Portland MercuryAndrew WrightA satire about television that feels like it was made by the kind of people who claim they don't even watch TV. |
| VarietyAndrew BarkerAs an indictment of Wall Street chicanery, it’s largely toothless; as a pure thriller, it only quickens the pulse once or twice; as a conspiracy saga, its central mystery falls flat. Yet somehow the film hangs together surprisingly well. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThanks to a stylish directorial turn by Jodie Foster and the shining star power of George Clooney and Julia Roberts (as well as a first-rate supporting cast), Money Monster rises above an uneven script that veers from clever and insightful to heavy-handed and obvious — sometimes within the same scene. |
| San Diego EntertainerNathalia AryaniMoney Monster is a ticking clock action thriller; nothing more. |
| Associated PressLindsey BahrMoney Monster might not be a great movie, but it is a comforting movie-movie that's still fun to watch even if it whiffed on being something more. |
| MTVAmy NicholsonIf Bernie Sanders is elected president, Money Monster will be the only movie allowed on Air Force One. |
| NOW TorontoNorman WilnerIn a world that already has The Big Short, Money Monster just feels increasingly unnecessary. |