Money Monster

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Money Monster

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2016

1h 38m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Lee Gates is a Wall Street guru who picks hot stocks as host of the television show "Money Monster." Suddenly, during a live broadcast, disgruntled investor Kyle Budwell storms onto the set and takes Gates hostage. He tells Lee that he lost everything on one of his tips. As Gates tries to plead with Kyle, he's also using an earpiece to communicate with his longtime producer in the control room. Together, they must figure out a way to defuse the situation and disarm the angry young man.

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Critics Consensus

Money Monster's strong cast and solidly written story ride a timely wave of socioeconomic anger that's powerful enough to overcome an occasionally muddled approach to its worthy themes.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

Foster deftly handles tonal shifts between humour, satire and comment to deliver a timely and thrilling entertainer.

Aug 15, 2019

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

The yammer and righteousness defeat Clooney and even Julia Roberts, stuck at a console twitching knobs and micromanaging frowns as the producer trying to hold the show together.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 30, 2016

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

There's a great moment near the end where she literally turns the camera on the audience itself, breaking the fourth wall in a way that is eerie and striking.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 9, 2016

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

For a hostage thriller that wants its audience to ponder Wall Street's crimes, Money Monster's message feels muddled, and the film remains far too dismissible after it's over.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 15, 2022

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Nikki Baughan

AWFJ.org

A cracking cast, together with a tense screenplay and strong direction from Foster make for an early summer must-see with brains as well as brawn.

Sep 29, 2021

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Kip Mooney

College Movie Review

While the movie strains the limits of believability in its third act, it's still entertaining throughout and finds plenty of dark laughs in the tension.

Rated: B+

Aug 28, 2021

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Les N

This is Hollywood pretending they care.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/13/25

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lisa l

Riveting and unlikely....I really liked this flick.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/21/25

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Vítor Pimentel de Oliveira V

A taut thriller directed without affectations by Jodie Foster, with a hugely charismatic George Clooney as an amoral TV host in the main role.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/20/25

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Olivier S

Modern drama, very entertaining, Jodie Foster directing at her best, moving characters, reflection on our world, what we are up against, what we have lost, loved it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/15/25

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And A

Has some similarities to the China syndrome but in general is not all that well put together and comedic cuts seem inappropriate.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/16/25

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Dane B. M

Not as bad as some are saying here, because Jodie Foster directed. It's taut and interesting. There are moments of suspension of disbelief. They can be forgiven if you give it a chance. It held me to... pretty much the ending.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/25

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Synopsis

Lee Gates is a Wall Street guru who picks hot stocks as host of the television show "Money Monster." Suddenly, during a live broadcast, disgruntled investor Kyle Budwell storms onto the set and takes Gates hostage. He tells Lee that he lost everything on one of his tips. As Gates tries to plead with Kyle, he's also using an earpiece to communicate with his longtime producer in the control room. Together, they must figure out a way to defuse the situation and disarm the angry young man.

Director: Jodie Foster
Producer: Lara Alameddine, George Clooney, Daniel Dubiecki, Grant Heslov
Screenwriter: Jamie Linden, Alan Di Fiore, Jim Kouf
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Smokehouse, Allegiance Theater
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Brief Violence|Some Sexuality)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 13, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 14, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $41.0M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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