Money Monster (2016)

Directed by

Jodie Foster

Genre

drama film, crime film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 3,168 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A financial TV host and his producer are taken hostage live on air by a viewer who lost money on a bad stock tip. The on-air crisis forces the host to investigate what really happened to the viewer's investment.

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What happens

Money Monster is a 2016 American crime thriller film directed by Jodie Foster, from a screenplay by Jamie Linden, Alan Di Fiore, and Jim Kouf. It stars George Clooney as financial television host Lee Gates and Julia Roberts as his producer Patty Fenn, as they are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage. The cast also features Jack O'Connell, Dominic West, Caitríona Balfe, and Giancarlo Esposito. Money Monster had its world premiere at the 69th Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States the next day by Sony Pictures Releasing. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was a box office success, grossing over $93 million against a budget of $27.4 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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