money monster
in the money... george clooney in money monster. photograph: atsushi nishijima / ap
money monster features george clooney, julia roberts, and jack o’connell. according to reports, money monster will be directed by jodi foster .
this week the jodie foster - directed movie money monster began filming in nyc .
money monster - official trailer (ft. george clooney & julia roberts) - youtube
tough... julia roberts in money monster. photograph: atsushi nishijima / ap
‘money monster’, starring george clooney, is filming in nyc financial district ...
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‘money monster’ starring george clooney and julia roberts casting call for several roles in new york city .
jodie foster had to bundle up carefully in order to begin directing her upcoming movie money monster .
there is no release date set for money monster, which is expected to premiere late in 2015 .
george clooney stars in “money monster” as the host of a show on a financial cable news network .
money monster isn' t a great film but it will keep you on the edge of your seat .
george clooney stars as a the flamboyant host of a financial tv program in jodie foster’s “money monster. ”
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george clooney as the flamboyant host of a financial tv show in “money monster, ” directed by jodie foster .
the money monster cast were also at the festival on wednesday, posing together before sitting down for a press conference .
foster’s “money monster” pumped $ 300, 000 into the city’s economy during filming. (bobby bank / gc images )
the trailer for money monster might have dropped last week, but that doesn’t mean director jodie foster is done tweaking it .
@ mrmrsnever @ cenkuygur @ moneymonster how fitting that neo - liberal george clooney is starring in a move called money monster .
jack o’connell and julia roberts are in negotiations to co - star with george clooney in tristar pictures’ “ money monster. ”
clooney stars as lee gates, a bombastic financial tv personality who offers up stock advice on his hit show “money monster. ”
jodie foster, julia roberts and george clooney at the money monster cannes premiere. photograph: alberto pizzoli / afp / getty images
signs for money monster have been spotted for filming around 41 - 43rd st and 5th / 6th ave in nyc for friday, feb. 27. if you spot money monster filming in nyc, let us know about it at olv @ onlocationvacations. com !
the film, directed by jodi foster, centers on clooney’s character being taken hostage during his live “money monster” show by a disgruntled viewer who lost all his money after following clooney’s financial advice .
“money monster” is currently available for purchase on digital outlets. it will be available on blu - ray and dvd on september 6th .
roberts is nearing a deal to play nancy fenn, the director and executive producer of “money monster” who may serve as clooney’s love interest .
one of the little people... jack o’connell, left, and george clooney in money monster. photograph: atsushi nishijima / ap
george clooney stars as the host of a financial tv show in
money monster ,
directed by jodie foster. (tristar pictures )
money monster is your typical hostage thriller with a predictable ending, but the surprising twists keep you guessing and at the edge of your seat .
george clooney (l .) and julia roberts (c .) star in the jodie foster - directed “money monster. ” (atsushi nishijima )
clooney stars as lee gates, a bombastic television stock huckster, whose program (titled “ money monster ”) and life are taken hostage by an outraged gunman (o’connell). as the world watches, gates must stay alive and uncover the truth behind a tangle of big money lies, with help from the show’s producer (roberts). “money monster” unfolds in near real time .
‘captain america’ to cross $ 300m today as ‘money monster’ cashes $ 14. 7m & ‘the darkness’ finds $ 4. 9m – monday b. o. final
money monster
lived up to its name for manhattan businesses, pumping $ 300, 000 into the city' s economy while filming in new york .
christopher denham, one of the stars of wgn’s atom bomb drama manhattan, has joined the cast of money monster, tristar’s financial thriller being directed by jodie foster .
money monster is us thriller in which a tv celebrity, who offers stock market advice on his hit financial television show, is held hostage by a disgruntled investor .
drop jim cramer into “ network ” and you have “money monster”—and yet the result never ends up being quite as thrilling or thought - provoking as that premise sounds .
caitriona balfe, the star of the starz tv show outlander, is joining the high - profile cast of money monster, tristar’s financial thriller being directed by jodie foster .
summary money monster is a us thriller in which a tv celebrity, who offers stock market advice on his financial television show, is held hostage by a disgruntled investor .
united kingdom «money monster» in the uk released in movie theaters on may 27, 2016. the movie released on dvd and blu - ray on october 3, 2016 .
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money monster is a flaccid farce masquerading as an issue film. the tepid hostage drama turns out to be a manipulative whodunit that lets the real bad guys off the hook .
“money monster” is rated r (under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). swearing on live television. is nothing sacred? running time: 1 hour 38 minutes .
in the real - time, high stakes thriller money monster, george clooney and julia roberts star as financial tv host lee gates and his producer patty, who ...
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3). money monster (sony), 3, 104 theaters / 3 - day cume: $ 14. 7m / per screen: $ 4, 764 / wk 1
wall street malfeasance has indeed devastated many families’ finances, but money monster ’s implausible character development, unpersuasive acting, and heavy - handed symbolism make a farce out of a misfortune .
george clooney ’s latest movie, “money monster” — in which he plays a cnbc - like tv personality who spouts stock tips — will be shooting in the financial district starting april 8 .
jack o’connell and julia roberts are in negotiations to co - star with george clooney in tristar pictures’ “money monster. ” jodie foster is directing, with tom rothman’s tristar financing the pic. clooney stars as lee gates, a bombastic television stock huckster, whose program (titled “money monster”) and life are taken hostage by an outraged gunman (o’connell). as [ … ]
sony’s “money monster” was able to provide viable counter - programming aimed at adults, finishing well above recent forecasts. directed by jodie foster, “monster” generated solid buzz from its world premiere on thursday night at the cannes film festival and saw a 22% gain in business from friday to saturday .
money monster
is preposterous - - yet entertaining in an unsophisticated way. it' s hard to view the film as much more than a sop to the occupy wall street crowd .
there are many comps for money monster, but one of the closest ones is bridge of spies which garnered $ 500k in previews and ended up with a three - day weekend of $ 15. 8m. money monster is tracking now at around $ 12m +, up from earlier - in - the - week estimates of $ 10m to $ 12m. bridge of spies took in $ 5. 3m on friday but opened in october of last year. with a budget of about $ 30m, money monster is a tristar pictures, lstar capital, smokehouse / allegiance theater production .
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his next acting project money monster is sure to be a hit as julia roberts, jack o' connell and dominic west are all co - starring in the upcoming jodie foster - directed drama .
“money monster” is an acceptable time - waster for a slow day in a movie theater or a slow night on cable. but it never makes you mad as hell, so what’s the point ?
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“unbroken” star jack o’connell and oscar winner julia roberts are in talks to join george clooney in director jodie foster ‘s financial thriller “money monster, ” multiple individuals familiar with the tristar project have told thewrap .
money monster is getting decent reviews, though it should rope in general audiences longing to see clooney and roberts in the type of good old fashioned throwback thriller we haven’t seen them do in a while .
george clooney was spotted in new york on saturday doing re - shoots for film money maker .
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money monster (drama) is about lee gates, a tv personality whose insider trading tips have made him the money guru of wall street. when kyle, a viewer who lost all of his family’s money on a bad tip from lee, holds lee hostage on air, ratings soar as the entire country tunes in to this media frenzy to find out just how much a man’s life is worth .
los angeles, october 11: jodie foster has attached to direct money monster for film financing and sales company im global and daniel dubiecki’s the allegiance theater, it was announced today by im global ceo stuart ford .
money monster marks the fourth time jodie has directed a feature film, with her previous efforts being little man tate (1991), home for the holidays (1995), and the beaver (2011) .
money monster ,
which is currently in theaters, centers on a financial tv show host who is taken hostage while on the air. it was one of 336 films shot in the city last year .
this weekend will see two other notable openers: money monster and the darkness. ten years ago, money monster would probably have had moviegoers lining up. it stars george clooney and julia roberts in what is a suspenseful drama from director jodie foster. but, this one — which also stars jack o’connell as a gunman who takes over a tv news studio — may end up around $ 10m - $ 12m this weekend stateside .
“money monster” is only jodie foster’s fourth film as a director, although she’s been in the entertainment business for 50 years. she’s very selective about the projects she takes on and with this film she masters the craft .
after losing all of his money, one investor (played by jack o' connell) storms the tv studio and threatens to kill clooney' s character if he does not make his money back .
3). money monster (sony), 3, 104 theaters / $ 4. 9m fri. (includes $ 600k previews) / 3 - day cume: $ 14m to $ 14. 4m / wk 1
“money monster” is set up at tom rothman’s tristar productions, which expects to start production early next year. daniel dubiecki and lara alameddine will produce for the allegiance theater along with clooney and his smokehouse pictures partner grant heslov .
exclusive: dominic west, between seasons of showtime’s first - year hit drama the affair, has signed on to star opposite george clooney, julia roberts and jack o’connell in the jodie foster - directed money monster at tristar pictures .
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disney' s
captain america: civil war
is ruling the box office in its second full weekend of release, but the jodie foster - directed
money monster
looks to put up solid numbers in its debut .
“money monster” is already being shopped to high - end financiers, none of whom would discuss the potentially potent package on the record with thewrap. should clooney prove unavailable, the project is expected to attract other a - list actors .
around the world «money monster» scheduled worldwide dvd release dates: october 3, 2016 (uk), october 3, 2016 (south africa), september 14, 2016 (nz), september 1, 2016 (australia) .
money monster centers around lee gates, a tv personality whose insider tips have made him the money guru of wall street. when kyle loses all of his family’s money on a bad tip, he holds lee and his entire show hostage on air threatening to kill lee if he does not get the stock up 24 and a half points before the bell. ratings soar as the entire country tunes in to this media frenzy to find out just how much a man’s life is worth. meanwhile, the hostage situation sheds light on a possible scandal involving the company in question. with elements of dog day afternoon and network, money monster is a very timely piece in these economic times .
money monster wants to be a film straight out of the ’70s, a snarling satire of media mores and capitalist villains, shot through with the profane fury of a paddy chayefsky script. at best, it’s a star vehicle from the late ’90s, a creakier, simpler tale of a hostage crisis at a facsimile of cnbc’s mad money, tied to the backs of two marquee idols—george clooney and julia roberts. as its tense studio antics unfold, though, the sad truth becomes apparent: money monster is a movie - star vehicle that isn’t giving its movie stars anything to do .
the film’s rage is unmistakable. and yet, despite its present - day setting, it feels rather retro—as if “money monster” just narrowly missed the window for maximum relevance where movies like “ the big short ” and “ 99 homes ” thrived .
nine out of ten millionaires are self - made. so if it takes money to make money, where do they get their money from, where do they start their business? they have to borrow. there' s four ways you can obtain money. you can earn it, inherit it, steal it, or borrow it. we basically want to borrow from the bank, we want to beat the bank at their own game…
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“even though it doesn’t have ‘avengers’ in the title, ‘captain america’ has become a juggernaut simply because it’s so well liked, ” he added. “and it puts ‘ money monster ’ and ‘ the darkness ’ in the category of counter - programming. ”
international marketing influenced sony’s “money monster” date, which parallels the film’s world premiere as a special screening at the cannes film festival. with some key european markets opening thursday (including france) and others shortly thereafter, it’s an unparallelled moment for media attention .
clooney is playing lee gates, a bombastic television stock huckster, whose program — money monster — and life are taken hostage by an outraged gunman (o’connell). as much of the world watches live, gates must keep himself alive and, with help from the woman who produces the show (roberts), uncover the truth behind a tangle of big - money lies .
george clooney may be off - limits now that he’s engaged but he’s still being sought after by women, as director jodie foster is courting the oscar winner to star in her financial drama “money monster, ” multiple individuals familiar with the project have told thewrap .
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the superhero epic captain america: civil war retained the top spot at the us box office this weekend with a soaring $ 72. 5m second - week haul, but cannes debutant money monster also boosted its coffers following a strong $ 15m bow in third place .
disney' s
the jungle book
collected $ 4. 2 million on friday, but many expect it to finish in second place ahead of
money monster .
wherever it falls, the film is on track to top $ 300 million this weekend .
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clooney is set to star as lee gates, a bombastic television stock huckster, whose program — money monster — and life are taken hostage by an outraged gunman (o’connell). as much of the world watches live, gates must keep himself alive and, with help from the woman who produces the show (roberts), uncover the truth behind a tangle of big - money lies .
money monster will be the fourth collaboration between clooney and roberts. they previously co - starred in ocean' s eleven, ocean' s twelve and confessions of a dangerous mind. he produced august: osage county in which she starred and received an academy award nomination .
george clooney was joined by his wife amal clooney (who had a minor wardrobe malfunction), as well as his money monster costar julia roberts and director jodie foster, at the film’s cannes premiere in the french resort town, posing ahead of the anticipated thriller’s screening .
clooney, who recently starred in “the monuments men” and “gravity, ” just wrapped brad bird’s “tomorrowland, ” which disney will release in may 2015. that was a big studio movie with a long shoot, and an indie film like “money monster” would represent a shorter commitment for clooney, who is extremely busy on the producing side. with his smokehouse partner grant heslov, clooney has been developing “our brand is crisis, ” “the yankee comandante, ” “coronado high” and another “monster” movie, “the monster of florence. ” he’s repped by caa and attorney michael adler .
, the ego - crazed, silver - fox presenter of a tv show called money monster, giving stock picks and spurious shock - jock - type commentary on the market, celebrating unfettered capitalism by breaking into embarrassingly geriatric hip - hop moves with backing dancers. (he reportedly bears a certain resemblance to a real - life pundit: jim cramer, presenter of a programme called mad money, on cnbc. )
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the target audience for “money monster” likes to read revies, so the mixed critical response has dampened domestic expectations. budgeted at $ 27 million, it’s unlikely to earn more than $ 10 million this weekend, which could see it swiftly forgotten among the recent mass - appeal recent releases .
money monster doubles as the name of the obnoxious stock - tip show hosted by lee gates (clooney), a smiling can of hairspray who repeats wall street talking points under the guise of financial expertise. despite foster’s claims to the contrary, lee comes off as an obvious parody of mad money host jim cramer, whose costume - and - sound - effect - heavy show suffered criticism after the 2008 financial crisis. to be sure, money monster ’s script (credited to three writers) isn’t looking for subtlety: the financial industry is the villain, and lee is a mass - media enabler, as well as an oblivious pawn in some larger fraudulent shell game orchestrated by a callous ceo (dominic west) .
united states distributed by columbia pictures «money monster» in the united states theaters released on may 13, 2016 and has grossed over $ 93 million worldwide; dvd and blu - ray release date was set for september 6, 2016. available for rent from netflix and redbox from september 6, 2016 .
starring george clooney and julia roberts ,
money monster
is eyeing an opening between $ 14 million and $ 15 million after bringing in $ 5 million on friday, according to studio estimates. the tristar pictures film launched in 3, 104 theaters and had a budget of $ 27 million .
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money monster
is a stodgy, moribund plodder loaded with stock characters that wouldn' t have felt edgy in 1983 and has about the same contemporary urgency as your average late - night rerun of
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sony is releasing “money monster” through its tristar pictures label on friday, a day after its world premiere at the cannes film festival. the movie, which carries a $ 27 million production budget, marks julia roberts’ first time with a film at cannes and jodie foster’s second film there as a director .
short of bequeathing them so much money ($ 150 million each should do it) that they never have to worry about their finances, there are few gifts you can give your kids that could be more valuable than the skills and attitudes they need to be great money managers .
george is set to play lee gates, a bombastic television personality whose show money monster and life are taken hostage by a spiteful hostage kyle budwell (o' connell). gates must keep himself with the help of one of the show' s producers nancy fenn (roberts) while the world watches live .
jodie foster’s wall street thriller, “money monster” (sony), will seek older viewers intrigued by stars george clooney and julia roberts, while “the darkness” (focus), jason blum’s first horror film of 2016, will fill the spooky - movie void; the last one was “10 cloverfield lane” two months ago .
wall street, money in politics, wealth going to the top one - tenth of the 1% – these are all pressing concerns for a lot of people right now, especially in the sweaty, week - old jockstrap that is our 2016 campaign season. with her finger on the pulse of many americans’ frustrations, director jodie foster comes to us with her fourth feature money monster, a hostage thriller long on big, preachy messages and short on plausibility .
both neighbors 2 (under the overseas title bad neighbours 2) and angry birds opened ahead of its u. s. bow, grossing a total internationally of $ 20m and $ 43m, respectively. the nice guys is in previews overseas and money monster was in previews in france, but no grosses were reported .
money monster, which debuted at cannes this past week with hollywood royalty in attendance when director jodie foster and stars george clooney and julia roberts graced the red carpet, ended its three - day run with $ 14. 6m. distributor sony is banking that the film will have some staying power as it is the only real adult - demo drama in the marketplace for the coming weeks. with around $ 55m to $ 60m all in, the film needs to play and also needs a strong showing overseas. the projected end run of money monster domestically is around $ 55m, of which 50% will go back to the studio .
george clooney - julia roberts thriller “ money monster ” opened respectably with $ 15 million. bh tilt’s low - budget horror - thriller “ the darkness, ” starring kevin bacon and radha mitchell, scared up $ 5. 2 million at 1, 754 sites in a friday the 13th launch aimed at horror fans .
“money monster” is “network” and “dog day afternoon” and cnbc’s “mad money” all wrapped up into a tight little ball of preposterousness. it’s well made, juicily acted, a fun watch, but for all its financial - vigilante noise, the movie’s a slick hollywood response to the depredations of wall street. it claims to be on the side of the little guy, but you can tell that no one here has struggled to make the rent for a very long time .
written by alan difiore (“grimm”) and jim kouf (“national treasure”) as well as jamie linden (“we are marshall”), the story follows a tv personality whose insider trading tips have made him the money guru of wall street. when a viewer who lost all of his family’s money on a bad tip from the money expert decides to hold him hostage on air, ratings soar as the entire country tunes in to this media frenzy .
3). money monster (sony), 3, 104 theaters / $ 4. 9m fri. (includes $ 600k previews) / $ 6m sat. (+ 22 %) / $ 3. 6m sun. (- 40 %) / 3 - day cume: $ 14. 6m / wk 1
moviegoers have rated the film positively, as it' s currently tracking a b - plus grade from the audience polling firm cinemascore. critics have been lukewarm .
money monster
has a tepid 57% rating on the review aggregate site rotten tomatoes, and the times' kenneth turan was particularly harsh in his critique .
this may, follow the money with george clooney & julia roberts. urltoken urltoken urltoken subscribe for exclusives: urltoken synopsis: in the taut and tense thriller money monster, lee gates (george clooney) is a bombastic tv personality whose popular financial network show has made him the money wiz of wall street. but after he hawks a high tech stock that mysteriously crashes, an irate investor (jack o’connell) takes gates, his crew, and his ace producer patty fenn (julia roberts) hostage live on air. unfolding in real time, gates and fenn must find a way to keep themselves alive while simultaneously uncovering the truth behind a tangle of big money lies. cast: george clooney julia roberts jack o' connell dominic west giancarlo esposito caitronia balfe directed by jodie foster
money monster is the first project. it’s financed by im global and will be produced by dubiecki and stuart ford, the script’s by national treasure scribe jim kouf and alan difiore, kouf’s partner on grimm. in the drama, lee gates is a tv personality whose insider trading tips have made him the money guru of wall street. when kyle, a viewer who lost all of his family’s money on a bad tip from lee, holds lee hostage on air, ratings soar as the entire country tunes in to this media frenzy to find out just how much a man’s life is worth. the film will shoot this summer .
the issue isn' t the moral one :
money is the root of all evil .
it' s actually a very practical one: there' s much more to your career choice than money, and what seems like a high - paying career path now may not turn out that way .
good - bye, money. and hello to lots of wasted time and effort spent on your too - short career or too - long job search .
well, to tell you the honest truth, i cannot do $ 5, 000. i don' t have any money laying around .
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there’s plenty of hand - wringing about the death of the movie star in hollywood, as comic - book franchises and cgi spectacles that any young actor can be plugged into become the norm for big studios. it’s an overblown concern, but money monster is exactly the kind of film to inspire that worry: if a sub - par script like this can attract names like clooney, roberts, and foster, maybe audiences really are doomed. just a few more script drafts, some visual verve, and a tighter focus on the film’s satirical elements could have turned money monster into the 1970s throwback it wants to be. as it is, it’s destined for the drugstore bargain bin .
money monster has received mixed reviews from critics. on rotten tomatoes, the film has a rating of 55% based on 135 reviews, with an average rating of 5. 8 / 10. the site' s critical consensus reads ,
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 .
on metacritic, the film has a score of 54 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating
mixed or average reviews
. audiences polled by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of
b +
on an a + to f scale .
there are two newcomers for moviegoers this weekend — the jodie foster - directed money monster starring george clooney and julia roberts and the horror film the darkness. money monster started off with $ 600k in previews last night and had a strong showing friday morning but started to wane throughout the day (as did its rotten tomatoes score which was 64% fresh in the am and fell to 57% last night). this was a project that tom rothman brought into the studio two years ago when he made the deal to finance and release the $ 30m picture as one of his big purchases for tristar. the film was packaged independently and then sold; smokehouse’s clooney and grant heslov also produced .
because money monster ’s stars are decidedly non - social, it poses a challenge to the marketing of the film in this day and age. while the movie secured a nice promotion with social media conscious pub ew, george clooney, julia roberts and director jodie foster don’t really dabble on social media. even young newcomer jack o’connell, who plays the disgruntled kidnapper in the film, is non - social. other co - stars, like dominic west, have very small followings or are not activated. as a result, giancarlo esposito, who is well known for playing gus on breaking bad, is the only social ‘star’ of money monster, albeit with a small, 236k fans and followers .
whether or not he meant to, keuilian hit upon a basic truth about how scamworld operates. it' s by accessing the inner circle, and by working with them on your product launches, that you make money. the unconnected masses making up most of the im community, those outsiders who create the social proof enabling the big players to rake in the profits — they don' t make a ton of money. and they definitely don' t make money through buying internet marketing materials .
the money monster trailer gives away far too much of the plot. this is a film about surprise and discovery, and people planning on seeing it shouldn’t watch the ads beforehand. but the trailer doesn’t reveal one thing audiences really might want to know going in: jodie foster’s latest directorial project isn’t a conventional thriller. it’s a pitch - black comedy. that isn’t remotely obvious from the tv spot, which limits the footage almost exclusively to grave life - on - the - line drama, and sets the action to the mournful strumming of bruce springsteen’s “devils & dust. ” like foster’s previous directorial project, 2011’s ultra - weird little dramedy the beaver, money monster is more complicated and appealing than it looks. but where the beaver ’s basic hook — mel gibson as a character who talks through a beaver puppet — was offbeat and absurdist to a distracting extreme, money monster announces itself with a deceptively conventional exterior that may keep away the audiences who would enjoy it most. what unfolds, beyond the hectoring about american greed, is a bleakly intelligent satire looking for bleakly intelligent viewers .
an attempt at combining a real - time thriller with a shot across the bow to a deceptive financial system,' money monster' never achieves plausibility, settling instead for cliched situations and uninteresting characters masquerading as contemporary relevance ,
turan wrote of the film, which stars clooney as an entertainer - financial tv host who is taken hostage by an irate investor .
it’s an understatement to say it’s been well worth the wait; foster’s fourth film as director, “ money monster, ” hits theaters may 13 after a premiere at the cannes film festival and is poised to be her biggest success behind the camera yet. the film stars george clooney as lee gates, the host of the financial program “ money monster, ” who is held hostage on the air by a disgruntled viewer named kyle budwell (jack o’connell). julia roberts plays the show’s director and producer, who tries to help secure her star’s freedom, while also making sure she gets the best tv possible. it’s a fast - paced, clever film that will also surprise audiences with the amount of humor that comes from the situation .
“money monster” zips by while it stays in the studio. when it ventures out into the streets of lower manhattan in the third act, though, it loses its way. ironically, the film gets loose and meanders just as it should be reaching a tight, tense climax. a hostage situation turns into a circus; what was once dramatic is now just plain silly .
besides “money monster, ” rothman’s tristar continues to line up a healthy slate that includes “the walk, ” directed by robert zemeckis and starring joseph gordon levitt; “ricki and the flash, ” which stars meryl streep with jonathan demme directing; an untitled comedy by kristen wiig and annie mumolo; and an adaptation of alan bennett’s “the lady in the van ” with maggie smith .
for the second consecutive weekend, there’s no real contest at the u. s. box office as disney - marvel’s “captain america: civil war” will take at least $ 70 million in its sophomore session. sony’s george clooney thriller “money monster, ” directed by jodie foster, targets a more adult demo with its story of tv financial guru taken hostage. testing [ … ]
that' s great but no way am i giving that asshole clooney any of my money. i' ll give my $ 14. 50 to # bernie instead # feelthebern
in terms of social media reach, money monster’s big stars are not that social. the film, according to relishmix, has a moderate reach of 37. 6m, which consists of 23. 5m facebook fans, only 7. 3m twitter followers, only 200k instagram followers and more than 6. 6m youtube views. it doesn’t help that clooney is notoriously non - social .
1. recognize that poor money management isn' t a sign of moral weakness or a lack of intelligence. instead, help your kids to train their mahouts through positive reinforcement .
money monster, from director jodie foster, benefited from a high - profile bow on the croisette last week. the thriller stars george clooney as a television personality dealing with financial conspiracies who finds himself at the centre of the story when a desperate bankrupt viewer (britain’s jack o’connell) turns up at the studio with a gun. julia roberts, dominic west and catriona balfe play supporting roles .
there were only two new offerings for moviegoers this weekend. the first was the jodie foster - directed money monster, starring george clooney, jack o’connell and julia roberts, which enjoyed a 25% increase tonight to cash in with $ 6. 1m. that puts raises the three - day estimate for this adult - demo drama to $ 14. 6m - $ 14. 9m for sony .
here’s how civil war ‘s weekend - to - weekend path will go down prior to memorial day. in its second frame, it is set to hold no. 1 with an industry - projected $ 72m, - 60% , which is close to ultron’s sophomore decline. the only studio wide entry is sony’s adult - skewing money monster, which is currently tracking at $ 12. 5m .
last year, the big short was a progressive’s dream, offering a concise, intricate, and realistic portrayal of the ways america’s uncaring, narcissistic financial system contributes greatly to the country’s staggering wealth inequality with little to no accountability. it’s clear money monster is after the same plaudits; the film wears its liberal bonafides proudly enough that the young turks patriarch cenk uygur makes not one, but two cameos throughout the film .
though they ruled the box office throughout the 1990s through the early 2000s, george clooney and julia roberts have seen their bankability with worldwide audiences slip slightly in recent years, but sony’s robust marketing campaign (including a high profile cannes debut thursday) for their new film, money monster, has drummed up enough interest to warrant a likely no. 3 debut at the weekend box office from around 3, 000 screens .
money monster also bows overseas this weekend in select markets (italy, india, hong kong to name a few and is in previews in france) and debuts after a warm welcome at cannes where the movie screened to a standing ovation for foster, clooney and roberts. foster had not been at cannes since she was 12 years old and it was roberts first time there. the picture needs that overseas box office gross .
and roberts (who' s become polarizing, like every successful actress) has come into her own in roles that require a grave, frustrated intensity. patty is laser - focused and effortlessly competent at her job, and she comes across like a character foster might have played herself — the solemn adult voice in the middle of a reckless circus of misbehaving kids. balfe plays diane as more vulnerable and fearful, but equally determined. without making an overt point about the dynamic, foster turns money monster into a showcase for clear - headed, professional female characters defined by their work and their morals, rather than their gender. these aren' t just satisfying roles, they' re enviable and aspirational. the men of money monster play the emotional, irrational roles that incite the action. the women get to shape how the story unfolds .
sony’s george clooney thriller “ money monster, ” directed by jodie foster, targets a more adult demo with its story of tv financial guru taken hostage. testing whether george clooney still has the goods to open a movie wide, it’s heading for about $ 10 million at more than 3, 000 locations. meanwhile bh tilt’s horror - thriller “ the darkness ” should gross about $ 4 million at 1, 754 sites .
the hostage situation quickly turns into a race against time to investigate the shady dealings of those involved in the deal that caused kyle to lose all his money and could cost lee everything as well .
before we know what’s happening, we’re hearing about “algos” (trading algorithms) and dropping in on coke - snorting coders in seoul and bong - huffing hackers in iceland. by the time lee and kyle take a forced march down the crowded avenues of manhattan for a televised wall street finale, “money monster” has fully jumped the tracks and you’re still watching only to see how they wind it up. (absurdly, in short. )
money monster is a 2016 american crime thriller drama film directed by jodie foster and written by alan di fiore, jim kouf and jamie linden. the film stars george clooney, julia roberts, jack o' connell, dominic west, caitriona balfe and giancarlo esposito. in august 2015, sony pictures entertainment set the film for an april 8, 2016 release. the film was later released on may 13, 2016 by tristar pictures .
efforts to humanize the blue - collar attacker feel like too little, too late (and the inconsistent new york accent from o’connell, the british star of “ unbroken, ” doesn’t help his cause). ultimately, the film registers less as an indictment of widespread financial corruption than as a shallow exploration of one man’s greed. but briefly, when it’s at its peak value somewhere in the middle, “money monster” is a solid bet .
the name stuck, and then jason jones, the salty droid, got a hold of it, and thought it was this massive conspiracy of price fixing and illegal offshore money laundering ,
jenkins laughs .
then, that was sort of' beware of the boogie man, the syndicate. they' re out there going to strip clubs and taking your money’ and that kind of thing .
instead of being a conduit for help, the internet was just one more part of a complicated trap — a trap which perverts intimacy and turns it into money. the disembodied voice that identified itself as ron martino was able to single out joseph, fabricate a bond, and then exploit that trust for financial gain. and after he had joseph’s money, martino simply vanished. almost like he never really existed .
george clooney wears a smirk, an expensive suit and a complete lack of sincerity as the showboating host of a financial tv show titled money monster. lee gates is a one - man bull market, dispensing profligate financial advice to an audience conditioned to think that their slice of the pie is there for the taking. when one of his tips turns bad, losing $ 800m in a single day, lee chuckles that some of his viewers got their “asses smacked” .
and who are those
new money masters ?
you guessed it. the syndicate, essentially — guys like frank kern, eben pagan, and jeff walker, the man who first devised the im launch process .
and something else needs to be said in this film’s defence. despite its obvious conservatism, and its outrageous silliness, it is actually more clear - sighted and certainly less pompous than the hugely overrated oscar - winner and liberal dinner - party favourite, the big short. money monster does insist that, for all the money guys’ smoke - and - mirror waffle about how trading algorithms go well beyond the control and understanding of the nay - sayers, wrongdoing is a simple matter of flesh - and - blood people committing fraud, lying and breaking the law in a way that everyone can understand and do something about. this is no masterpiece, but it’s amiable slice of popcorn entertainment .
lee gates is a bombastic tv personality whose popular financial network show has made him the money wiz of wall street. but after he hawks a high tech stock that mysteriously crashes, an irate investor takes gates, his crew, and his ace producer patty fenn hostage live on air. unfolding in real time, gates and fenn must find a way to keep themselves alive while simultaneously uncovering the truth behind a tangle of big money lies .
disney - marvel’s “captain america: civil war” remains dominant at u. s. theaters with $ 72. 6 million at 4, 426 u. s. locations — the eighth - largest second weekend of all time. george clooney - julia roberts thriller “money monster” opened respectably with $ 15 million. bh tilt’s low - budget horror - thriller “the darkness, ” starring kevin bacon and radha mitchell, scared up $ 5. 2 million at 1, 754 sites [ … ]
“the darkness” is blum in his wheelhouse – low - budget, cut - above horror movies released through his overall deal with universal. focus, universal’s specialized division, handled this one under its high top genre label. (eli roth’s “the green monster” went this route last year, to a tepid $ 3. 5 million .) universal provided the marketing money and blum’s people oversaw the overall campaign, which heavily relied on social media to reduce costs and hit the target market .
consider the long - term implications of your career choices. selecting a career based solely on the promise of big money now may be a short - term decision that can lead to a lengthy and costly career change later .
after this, all brent austin needs is for leigh to print out a form, sign it, and fax it to him. then she will be well on her way to earning big money as an internet guru .
money monster plays out as a hostage drama, with an agenda familiar from the big short. in the early going, foster' s film has a similarly jazzy, playful directorial vibe, and a similarly exasperated attitude toward financial malfeasance and lack of wall street oversight or regulation. but it has less real - world detail, and more broad, speedy narrative development. patty and her crew — especially hapless comic - relief producer ron (christopher denham) and pa bree (condola rashad) — look for a journalistic solution to the problem. while trying to track canby down, they grill his company' s chief communications officer, diane lester (caitriona balfe). diane, meanwhile, is capable and principled, but has conflicting agendas. the investigation, both with diane and without her, is where money monster most cuts corners, reaching for brief comedic touches and quick plot developments over veracity. (once again, cinema treats hackers as essentially magic. )
that leaves money monster fairly toothless as an indictment of wall street, america, or capitalism as a whole. but foster isn' t trying to send people away angry and ready for action. the characters' most obvious agendas aren' t necessarily hers, and she doesn' t take every manifesto to heart. she and the screenwriters only reveal their hand in the funny, bitterly cynical ending, which touches on the way the public reacts to big media events and ugly human drama .
austin asks leigh to grab a pen and paper so he can give her a little lesson about affiliate marketing, which he calls
the best, first way, and actually the best way, to make money online .
premiering tonight at the grand palais in cannes, money monster follows lee gates, a wealthy financial talk show host (george clooney), who is held hostage on his live tv show by a man (jack o’connell) who lost his entire life’s savings after falling victim to a corporate financial scheme that clooney promoted on his show. 36 year - old caitriona balfe plays diane, the financial company’s communications director who has a moral awakening halfway through the film, when she realizes the extent of her boss’s deceit and her role as a cog in the american money wheel. here, the leggy starlet talks about being dressed by louis vuitton, and what it’s like to work with the stars in the jodie foster - directed film.
money monster is a 2016 american thriller film directed by jodie foster and written by alan di fiore , jim kouf and jamie linden . the film stars george clooney ( who also co-produced ) as lee gates , a tv personality who advises his audience on commerce and wall street , and who is forcefully interrogated by kyle budwell ( jack o'connell ) , a grief-stricken bankrupt viewer who lost his money after a previous tip ; the film also stars julia roberts , giancarlo esposito , dominic west and caitriona balfe . principal photography began on february 27 , 2015 in new york city . the film was released by sony pictures entertainment through tristar pictures on may 13 , 2016 , received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $ 93 million . 
money monster is a 2016 american thriller film directed by jodie foster and written by alan di fiore, jim kouf and jamie linden. the film stars george clooney (who also co-produced) as lee gates, a tv personality who advises his audience on commerce and wall street, and who is forcefully interrogated by kyle budwell (jack o'connell), a grief-stricken bankrupt viewer who lost his money after a previous tip; the film also stars julia roberts, giancarlo esposito, dominic west and caitriona balfe. principal photography began on february 27, 2015 in new york city. the film was released by sony pictures entertainment through tristar pictures on may 13, 2016, received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $ 93 million.
money monster is a 2016 american thriller film directed by jodie foster and written by alan di fiore, jim kouf and jamie linden. the film stars george clooney (who also co-produced) as lee gates, a tv personality who advises his audience on commerce and wall street, and who is forcefully interrogated by kyle budwell (jack o'connell), a grief-stricken bankrupt viewer who lost his money after a previous tip; the film also stars julia roberts, giancarlo esposito, dominic west and caitriona balfe. principal photography began on february 27, 2015 in new york city. the film was released by sony pictures entertainment through tristar pictures on may 13, 2016, received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $ 93 million.