Capital
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Metascore
64

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  • Summary: When the CEO of France’s Phenix Bank collapses on the golf course, young executive Marc Tourneuil (Gad Elmaleh) is crowned as his replacement. A whirlwind of ruthless ambition, power struggles, greed and deception ensues as Tourneuil’s brutal ascent is jeopardized by a hostile takeover atteattempt from a large American hedge fund led by Dittmar Rigule (Gabriel Byrne), erotic distractions from international supermodel Nassim (Liya Kebede), and adversaries with an agenda for destruction. Capital is a pointed commentary on how the Darwinian world of contemporary capitalism plays itself out across the global financial stage. [Cohen Media Group]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    Oct 4, 2013
    80
    Costa-Gavras develops such a propulsively suspenseful pace — with no small assist from Armand Amar’s mood-enhancing Euro-tech score — that his drama comes across as the cinematic equivalent of an engrossing page-turner you might purchase off the rack at an airport newsstand.
  2. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Staff [Not Credited]
    Oct 4, 2013
    75
    Clearly, Costa-Gavras has lost none of his kinetic pacing or his cerebral way with thrills. Unfortunately, the script later gets corrupted itself by a sexual melodrama that lacks both sense and sultriness.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Deborah Young
    Oct 4, 2013
    70
    A film that lingers in the memory in spite of being rather irritating to watch.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jon Frosch
    Oct 15, 2013
    40
    A tacky corporate noir that makes you long for the leanness of Margin Call, or even the clumsy theatrics of Arbitrage.

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