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Arbitrage is both a tense thriller and a penetrating character study, elevated by the strength of a typically assured performance from Richard Gere.
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Arbitrage is a slick, intelligent psychological thriller that works to connect public and private immorality. Mar 1, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Arbitrage is a slick, intelligent psychological thriller that works to connect public and private immorality.
David Sexton
An old-fashioned treat. Feb 28, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
An old-fashioned treat.
David Cox
Like Gere's Machiavellian tycoon, Arbitrage's flaws only start to appear under close scrutiny. Feb 28, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Like Gere's Machiavellian tycoon, Arbitrage's flaws only start to appear under close scrutiny.
Adam Woodward
There are holes in the plot, to be sure, but somehow we don't mind, because for all the unbearable tension of Jarecki's script, the central attraction here is the man in the arena. Jan 8, 2013
There are holes in the plot, to be sure, but somehow we don't mind, because for all the unbearable tension of Jarecki's script, the central attraction here is the man in the arena.
Bilge Ebiri
A tight thriller that shows [its] handsome star in fine form as a morally bankrupt financier playing fast and loose with ethics and the law. Sep 28, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A tight thriller that shows [its] handsome star in fine form as a morally bankrupt financier playing fast and loose with ethics and the law.
Linda Barnard
Gere gets the role he has been suiting up for ever since he was first designer-dressed for a murder rap in American Gigolo. Sep 28, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Gere gets the role he has been suiting up for ever since he was first designer-dressed for a murder rap in American Gigolo.
Geoff Pevere
Pointed but not polemical, [Nicholas] Jarecki's allegorical film moves along steadily, buoyed by an eerie and modern score, as it traces the fault lines of one man's delusions. Feb 26, 2019 | Full Review…
Pointed but not polemical, [Nicholas] Jarecki's allegorical film moves along steadily, buoyed by an eerie and modern score, as it traces the fault lines of one man's delusions.
Molly Templeton
Jarecki surprisingly manages to draw out a sense of sympathy for his protagonist. Feb 8, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Jarecki surprisingly manages to draw out a sense of sympathy for his protagonist.
Russell Cook
Arbitrage is unlikely to become a blockbuster, but it is clever, keeps us guessing and, in its credible depiction of the world of high finance, is more than a little chilling. Jan 30, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Arbitrage is unlikely to become a blockbuster, but it is clever, keeps us guessing and, in its credible depiction of the world of high finance, is more than a little chilling.
Abbie Bernstein
Studios rarely makes this type of film anymore; it's a solid thriller. Jan 25, 2019 | Full Review…
Studios rarely makes this type of film anymore; it's a solid thriller.
Nathalia Aryani
Arbitrage is packed with tension from start to finish. Dec 20, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Arbitrage is packed with tension from start to finish.
Kelly Jane Torrance
his movie is a real treat, and even surprises with moments of genuine humor. Nov 7, 2018 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
his movie is a real treat, and even surprises with moments of genuine humor.
Debbie Baldwin
Well done movie about how horrible things can get when people let money motivate their actions. Tense, and unnerving. Richard Gere is fantastic, as usual. Not the fastest paced film, but not at all boring..
Super Reviewer
Not bad. Had it on in the background and was interested enough to see how it ended. It's a little long and not overly riveting, also found the end slightly open (but that could have been because I was doing other things while watching. It wasn't a movie to hold my attention completely). Seemed to me he pretty much got away with all with all his dodgy dealings, but at a price.
Interesting suspense thriller. Reminds me of 'Perfect Murder'. Gere plays a hedge fund magnate who is desparately trying to sell his business before fraud is discovered. He is involved in an affair and hit and run, which adds to his unravelling world. Good cast and storyline.
Richard Gere stars as Robert Miller, a hedge fund managers who just turned 60. Along with the birthday he is cooking the books for his company and cheating on his wife(Susan Sarandon). In the midst of selling his company(to cover up his fraud) he drives his mistress drunk one night and wrecks and kills her. From there it all becomes a juggling act to cover up all the lies and mistakes in his life to avoid going to jail and ruining the lives of his family. Gere does a great job as the slime ball that he portraits. The rest of the cast is solid, especially Nate Parker. Parker plays Jimmy, a guy whom Miller calls for a ride when he wrecks his car. The cops come after Jimmy to give up Miller and that serves as the center of the film. The movie has a very real feel to it, especially in our current economic climate. The movie runs a little slow and is kind of wordy at times, but it remains interesting. You want to see Miller go to jail and are willing to finish the movie to see if he does or not. Last year a similar movie called "Margin Cell" came out and that movie is much better, especially with the suspense and tension. But, this is worth a watch if you like suspenseful adult themed dramas.
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