Arbitrage

So slyly and craftily entertaining even though it probably doesn't bear close scrutiny, I didn't much care. It wasn't epic. It didn't ask me to ponder the meaning of life. And it's good.

Pleasing twists and moral dilemmas abound.

Really, it could use some nip/tuck on the screenplay, but the players are decent and the movie looks opulent enough.

We are persuaded to root for Miller, even when he is betraying the people he loves best. You'll feel dirty, and well you should after a few hours in this company.

Arbitrage is a slick, intelligent psychological thriller that works to connect public and private immorality.

An old-fashioned treat.

Without Richard Gere at the center, Jarecki’s film wouldn’t work so well.

It offers timely questions and enough entertaining mystery to play off of our tough economic times.

In many ways, Arbitrage is the awards contender it may have first appeared to be. It is deep and meaningful and one of the most intelligent movies of the year.

Arbitrage is an ultimately timid work that has its heart half in the world it purports to disparage.