Arbitrage

Name: Arbitrage
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: September 14, 2012
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Brit Marling, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth

2012

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Lionsgate | Release Date: September 14, 2012 | R

Starring: Brit Marling, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth

Summary: When we first meet New York hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller on the eve of his 60th birthday, he appears the very portrait of success in American business and family life. But behind the gilded walls of his mansion, Miller is in over his head, desperately trying to complete the sale of his trading empire to a major bank before the depths ofWhen we first meet New York hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller on the eve of his 60th birthday, he appears the very portrait of success in American business and family life. But behind the gilded walls of his mansion, Miller is in over his head, desperately trying to complete the sale of his trading empire to a major bank before the depths of his fraud are revealed. Struggling to conceal his duplicity from loyal wife Ellen and brilliant daughter and heir-apparent Brooke, Miller's also balancing an affair with French art-dealer Julie Cote. Just as he's about to unload his troubled empire, an unexpected bloody error forces him to juggle family, business, and crime with the aid of Jimmy Grant, a face from Miller's past. One wrong turn ignites the suspicions of NYPD Detective Michael Bryer, who will stop at nothing in his pursuits. Running on borrowed time, Miller is forced to confront the limits of even his own moral duplicity. Will he make it out before the bubble bursts? (Roadside Attractions)… Expand

Director: Nicholas Jarecki

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 107 min

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Roger Ebert

Sep 12, 2012

Hitchcock called his most familiar subject "The Innocent Man Wrongly Accused." Jarecki pumps up the pressure here by giving us a Guilty Man Accurately Accused, and that's what makes the film so ingeniously involving. Read full review

Steve Persall

Sep 12, 2012

Arbitrage is a classy soap opera with a charismatic louse at its center, without "Margin Call" didactics, or the misplaced empathy of "The Company Men." Read full review

Betsy Sharkey

Sep 13, 2012

Writer-director Nicholas Jarecki squarely lands that punch, creating a tense and chilling horror story for financially fraught times. Read full review

Glenn Heath Jr.

Sep 9, 2012

If the film covers well-tread territory (a morally bankrupt player trying to prolong his own influence), it does so with pinpoint control of mood and theme. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Sep 16, 2012

Arbitrage is actually a fairly straightforward thriller in the John Grisham vein. It doesn't demand that the viewer know the difference between a hedge fund and a hedgehog. Arbitrage also reminds us that thrillers do not have to be action-packed to generate tension. Read full review

Shawn Levy

Sep 13, 2012

More seriously, Jarecki never quite pierces the skin of this world, capturing its shiny and grimy surfaces but failing to immerse us in its flaws; too often it's like flipping through a magazine story on the lives of the rich and corrupt. Read full review

Amy Biancolli

Sep 13, 2012

Features an exceedingly dapper Richard Gere in a series of nice suits and handsome close-ups that serve no purpose other than to remind us how exceedingly dapper Richard Gere looks in nice suits and handsome close-ups. The rest of the movie registers as a loss of: time, money, talent and logic. Read full review

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Taplinger

Mar 19, 2014

Sometimes there comes a director with so much skill that it's like watching a jet fighter pilot putting his plane through its paces. Add terrific acting from every character, a riveting script, beautiful cinematography, and you have a solid "10".

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jimboesq

Sep 17, 2012

"Arbitrage" stars Richard Gere as Miller an immoral business tycoon (is there any other kind?) and Susan Sarrandon as is dutiful wife (is there any other kind?) and how theirs lives seemingly come apart after an accident that could lead to a homicide charge against Miller. Much like we watch"Arbitrage" stars Richard Gere as Miller an immoral business tycoon (is there any other kind?) and Susan Sarrandon as is dutiful wife (is there any other kind?) and how theirs lives seemingly come apart after an accident that could lead to a homicide charge against Miller. Much like we watch people's lives unravel on Oprah or Springer, we are mesmerized as we watch Miller betray anyone … Expand

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Compi24

Jun 7, 2013

Richard Gere gives possibly his greatest performance in "Arbitrage," a film that makes a home within suspense, intrigue, and a widely overarching sense of intricacy.

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imthenoob

Sep 21, 2013

Very satisfying movie. Solid acting by the cast that features an enjoyable and entertaining story that keeps you interested in it from start to finish. May not be perfect but I'd still recommend watching it. It's just an overall good film.

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libbycritiques

Sep 25, 2012

Jarecki definitely achieves a dramatic tension that many thriller directors and writers struggle to capture but unfortunately he falls short with his choice of audience placement. In a brave move, Jarecki has not only positioned the audience with a man who is essentially the unlikeable,Jarecki definitely achieves a dramatic tension that many thriller directors and writers struggle to capture but unfortunately he falls short with his choice of audience placement. In a brave move, Jarecki has not only positioned the audience with a man who is essentially the unlikeable, guilty party, but he… Expand

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cameronmorewood

Dec 13, 2012

What we have here is Richard Gere being cool and looking stylish is expensive suits. The plot is awfully mundane- and frustratingly morally ambiguous, but the actors are very good here- and more importantly Arbitrage is believable. It doesn't feel like watching a movie.

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foxgrove

Mar 14, 2013

A second rate entertainment masquerading as an A list movie. Arbitrage is like a routine episode of a low grade tv drama series complete with an ineffectual detective here played by Tim Roth. Richard Gere seems to be forever walking somewhere, and Susan Sarandon is quite frankly wasted asideA second rate entertainment masquerading as an A list movie. Arbitrage is like a routine episode of a low grade tv drama series complete with an ineffectual detective here played by Tim Roth. Richard Gere seems to be forever walking somewhere, and Susan Sarandon is quite frankly wasted aside from the last confrontational scene with Gere which is probably the best scene in the film. The abrupt ending just reinforces just how futile the whole enterprise is.… Expand

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