2012 · drama · thriller
Arbitrage
Directed by Nicholas Jarecki1h 47m2012
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Our read: Arbitrage (2012) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- bleak
- cold
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“You want a sleek Wall Street thriller where privilege and guilt collide without comic relief.”
Skip it tonight — You need a clean moral hero and hate watching wealthy people skate consequences.
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