Money Monster
TriStar Pictures | Release Date: May 13, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 44 Critic Reviews
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25
Mixed:
15
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Time Out LondonDave CalhounMay 24, 2016
There's no escaping it: Money Monster is a basic, silly movie. But it has on its side a top-notch cast and an entire absence of self-seriousness. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMay 12, 2016
You miss the lingering after-sting of catharsis that was a regular signature of Lumet’s work, but in the heat of the moment, Money Monster’s bluster and nerve keeps you hooked. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 12, 2016
This is no masterpiece, but it’s amiable slice of popcorn entertainment. Read full review
58
The PlaylistRuss FischerMay 12, 2016
The film is never as savage as the first-act anarchy suggests it might be, and its best ideas are subsumed into familiar thriller concepts. Good craftsmanship elevates the result above workaday thriller territory, but ultimately Money Monster never rages in the “mad as hell” mode that’s always kept just out of reach Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesMay 18, 2016
While the Occupy Wall Street rage supposedly fueling this thing is flimsy, what’s left is still solidly entertaining. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsStephen Whitty May 13, 2016
Director Jodie Foster's Money Monster runs a trim 98 minutes, but it's still not quite worth the investment. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanMay 13, 2016
I couldn’t tell whether the film was intended to be a comedy; as it became more and more improbable, both predictable and ludicrous at once, I heard audience members chortle again and again. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMay 12, 2016
Unfortunately, as a director, Foster shows no knack or instinct for building tension; her style is strictly presentational, brisk and efficient, but with no sly trickery, desire to surprise or to forge technique that suggests an imaginative approach to storytelling. Read full review
42
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonMay 14, 2016
The direction and editing are slick and workmanlike, letting the performers do the work without overplaying the limited setting in which most of the film takes place. Read full review
42
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerMay 13, 2016
Money Monster turns into an unintentional parody. Investing in this movie would not be a safe bet. Read full review
40
ScreenCrushMatt SingerMay 15, 2016
Clooney and Roberts are both good fits for their roles, and they do what they can with the material they’re provided. It’s just that the material they’re provided is so crummy. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranMay 12, 2016
Money Monster is all over the map, mixing earnest contemporary relevance, black comedy, bogus emotion and tragedy with its nominal thriller plot, all to frankly bewildering effect. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMay 12, 2016
Mr. Clooney’s prancing, dancing and clowning for the TV camera feel tame and vaguely self-conscious when measured, as they will be, against the calculated craziness of his role’s model, Mr. Cramer, who usually manages to seem simultaneously shrewd and stridently unhinged. Read full review
40
TheWrapRobert AbeleMay 12, 2016
A bewilderingly facile and preposterously plotted misfire that offers few pleasures as either a star-driven thriller or a big-screen indictment of the forces that devastated global bank accounts. Read full review
40
Screen DailyTim GriersonMay 12, 2016
The movie is competently made, but also perfunctory, telling us things about the greed of rich business executives and the shallowness of cable TV that we already know. Read full review
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