Movie Reviews: Money Monster, Love and Friendship, Alice Through the Looking-Glass
Lee Gates (George Clooney) is the Money Monster (15A), a financial advice guru whose live TV show is hijacked by Kyle (Jack O’Connell), a young man who bet his shirt on Gates’ tips and saw his life’s savings disappear due to an algorithm ‘glitch’ in a high frequency trading programme that cost investors $800 million.
With nothing left to lose, Kyle straps an explosive device to Gates and demands to know where all the money has gone - a question for which Gates has no answer. Written by Jamie Linden and Alan DiFiore, and directed by Jodie Foster, Money Monster is a smart thriller (think Dog Day Afternoon meets The King of Comedy) that shines a harsh light on Wall Street malfeasance.
