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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonCosta-Gavras develops such a propulsively suspenseful pace — with no small assist from Armand Amar’s mood-enhancing Euro-tech score — that his drama comes across as the cinematic equivalent of an engrossing page-turner you might purchase off the rack at an airport newsstand.
- Clearly, Costa-Gavras has lost none of his kinetic pacing or his cerebral way with thrills. Unfortunately, the script later gets corrupted itself by a sexual melodrama that lacks both sense and sultriness.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungA film that lingers in the memory in spite of being rather irritating to watch.
- 63McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreA mildly entertaining sermon about American “Cowboy Capitalism” as it rubs up against “The French Way.”
- 63Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneSlant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneCosta-Gavras's new film is more a funhouse-mirror panegyric (albeit on an exhausted topic) than the staid thriller promised by its press materials.
- 60The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe DissolveMike D'AngeloWhile the film is persuasive and detailed in its depiction of financial corruption, it’s also essentially a two-hour lecture, dry and academic.
- 42The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe imagery is cliché, and therefore ineffective; the characters don’t seem to operate in the world of finance, but in the world of financial thrillers.
- 40Village VoiceJon FroschVillage VoiceJon FroschA tacky corporate noir that makes you long for the leanness of Margin Call, or even the clumsy theatrics of Arbitrage.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearCapital ends up being neither a high-stakes thriller nor a cutting commentary on real-world bad behavior. It’s just CEO exotica, all dressed up with nowhere to go.