{"id":9058,"date":"2012-12-12T19:57:43","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T17:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=9058"},"modified":"2012-12-14T18:44:42","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T16:44:42","slug":"arbitrage-starring-richard-gere-susan-sarandon-tim-roth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/arbitrage-starring-richard-gere-susan-sarandon-tim-roth\/","title":{"rendered":"Arbitrage starring Richard Gere: Gere Golden Globe Nominee for Best Actor"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Arbitrage<\/a>
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Robert Miller (Richard Gere) has it all: a multi-billion dollar company, a beautiful wife (Susan Sarandon), kids and grandkids that adore him.<\/p>\n

He also has 2 big secrets: He\u2019s been having an affair with the young artist Julie (Laetitia Casta), and he needs to sell his company in the next couple of days before it can be found out that he has cheated on the books (for about 400 million dollars!)<\/p>\n

Things turn for the worst when the already stressed Paul has an accident while driving with Julie and she dies. If people find out, he\u2019ll be screwed.<\/p>\n

Panicked, he calls the son of an old friend, Jimmy (Nate Parker) and asks for a ride.<\/p>\n

He does a lot of things right and covers most of his tracks. Unfortunately, the case is being handled by the relentless detective (Tim Roth) who despises the way how the rich can get away with everything with the help of good lawyers.<\/p>\n

Robert finds himself in a corner. If he can\u2019t make the sale, the cheating probably be found out and\/or he\u2019ll lose a lot of money. People working for him will lose their jobs and trust, including his own daughter\/finance manager (Brit Marling). But he also needs to consider Jimmy, who he put his neck on the line for him, and the cops are pushing hard. He doesn\u2019t deserve to go to jail because of Robert…<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a race against time, and Robert doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019ll able to save…<\/p>\n

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Arbitrage finds almost an optimum balance between dramatic and thrilling elements. I love the fact that our protagonist, who also happens to be the perpetrator, is wonderfully grey. It\u2019s so easy going back and forth between liking him and hating him, admiring him and finding him obnoxious, wanting him to get away with it and wanting him to get caught. Gere does a good job.<\/p>\n

You need to keep in mind, though, that this is a drama-thriller. Dialogues and characters are just as important as the action-and the action is more about building up to \u201cwhat now?\u201d moments as Robert finds himself yet at another dead-end. There are no car chases or explosions (just one that was crucial to the story). I like how conflicted Robert is, and how he doesn\u2019t go on a killing spree to solve his problems. It\u2019s good to watch a film where there\u2019s a limit to the desperate measures taken by desperate people.<\/p>\n

I love that the cop on the case is smart, persistent and at times equally grey as Paul. My favorite relationship is the one between Robert and Jimmy, not quite knowing if\/when one of them will give up on the other.<\/p>\n

Yes, I have complaints. Nothing t hat prevented me from enjoying the movie-but it would have made some scenes a lot more plausible, had they been written differently:<\/p>\n

(following will have spoilers, so you\u2019ve been warned.)<\/p>\n

-In the beginning, despite the mistress, Robert doesn\u2019t seem to despise his wife. And his wife definitely doesn\u2019t seem to despise him. She suggests taking a year off and going away together. There\u2019s no way I\u2019d want to do that with a man I was only pretending to love.<\/p>\n

-After the accident, Robert lies on the bed next to his wife and asks if he loves her. She says \u201cof course I do.\u201d And yet at the scene before the last, you\u2019d think they were just keeping up appearances. Why would he ask that?<\/p>\n

Apart from these 2, and the fact that Susan Sarandon\u2019s screen time being lower than I had hoped, I had a good time. And the beauty of the movie comes from the fact that it is all possible. A rich, older man with a mistress in a financial crisis who has an accident\u2026? Not exactly unlikely.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth a watch. Currently rated on 6.7 on IMDB. I\u2019d say it deserves a 7, at least. Written and directed by Nicholas Jarecki. Note that Gere has been nominated for Golden Globe (Best Performance by an Actor in Drama, 2013) for his performance.<\/p>\n

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Other Richard Gere Movies:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hunting Party starring Richard Gere, Terrence Howard and Jesse Eisenberg<\/a><\/p>\n

Brooklyn\u2019s Finest starring Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke and Don Cheadle<\/a><\/p>\n

Other Susan Sarandon Movies:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bernard and Doris: Ralph Fiennes and Susan Sarandon<\/a><\/p>\n

WHITE PALACE: SEXY ROMANCE with Susan Sarandon and James Spader<\/a><\/p>\n