Arbitrage

2012 "Power is the best alibi."
6.6| 1h40m| R| en| More Info
Released: 14 September 2012 Released
Producted By: Lionsgate
Country: United States of America
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A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.

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metinx Not much to say. Im sorry but too biring. Maximum 5!!!
ElliesWonder Wonderful movie, get my attention in the first 15 minutes. Taken from a billionaires' point view, introduce to the situation of the supreme rich guy, his business, and family. Very complicated and attractive epistasis.I see Miller's greedy, selfish and badly cheating both in marriage and business finessed; but Miller is also very charming with his wisdom, courage, and family loving heart.It is complicated to give an answer if he is a good or bad, human just complex. I was totally captivated when I watched this movie, this is not an action movie, but it just drives you into the screen. Miller is unfaithful to his wife for sure. Yet I don't like his "innocent" wife either, in the close end, the wife found out his accident died secret lover, she wanted a divorce and leave nothing to Miller, she said it is her price - to lie. I think she has more story from the screen, maybe she knew Miller's love affair much earlier, but she is calm in order to be the billionaire's wife.
Lee Eisenberg While watching Nicholas Jarecki's "Arbitrage", I got the feeling that it was serving as an indictment of the Wall Street crowd as much as it was about a single person's mistake. Richard Gere's hedge fund manager is exactly the type of amoral person whose actions brought the world economy to ruin. As much as his personal mistake snowballs and causes further tragedy, it's trivial compared to what his business does. And then there's his entire life: he and his wife (Susan Sarandon) and daughter (Brit Marling) spend all their free time attending banquets and exchanging money with other rich snobs.It's a really interesting movie. Gere's character, like Gordon Gekko and Jordan Belfort, sees nothing questionable about his lifestyle or betraying someone to cover up his misdeed. And these types of people are still among us. Too big to jail indeed.I recommend the movie, although I thought that Susan Sarandon and Tim Roth were underused.
bowmanblue I wasn't expecting too much from 'Abitrage,' but I was pleasantly surprised, based on the cast. If it wasn't for the performance of (mainly) Richard Gere, this would have been a very formulaic thriller. At some parts, it still feels a little like an extended TV episode.As I said, Richard Gere carries this entire movie, playing a - partly - despicable character, who at the same time, we find we can root for. He doesn't make the right choices throughout the movie but that's what keeps his character interesting and helps to let the movie move along, even during its slower moments. It's the sort of thriller where everything starts to go from bad to worse for its main character, when his lies and actions only get him in more and deeper problems and drags those close to him down, along with him.However, not all the characters are as good as Gere's - the story really under uses Susan Sarandon, who could had given the movie a whole other dimension and more depth. She does the best with what's given to her, but there could have been so much more for her to do. As is Tim Roth, who just plays a stereotypical New York detective. When he shows up you think he is going to play a big and important role for this movie but in fact there are large portions of the movie in which his character plays no role at all.I still really enjoyed this thriller and at times was even loving it. It's definitely a better than average genre attempt, despite still having a very standard and familiar type of premise and story in it. So in essence, nothing surprising but it's all still very well made and acted out by its impressive cast, which already is worth the price alone.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/