What can go wrong with a major motion picture release when the
cast is headed by Julia Roberts and George Clooney and the director is Jodie
Foster? Nothing, unless the script is
overly complicated — unrealistic by having too many moving pieces — and ultimately
unsatisfying in its denouncement.
Other than that, Money Monster, which will be making
its way to DVD and Blu-ray on Sept. 6 courtesy of Sony Pictures Home
Entertainment, is a well-produced and fast-paced thriller … clocking in at a
fast-paced 98 minutes.
The film pulled in $40.5 million during its domestic
theatrical release and arrives as Sony Pictures first post-Labor theatrical
release with an ARR of 116 days. The Angry
Birds Movie should be close on its heels as its second post-Labor Day
major theatrical release.
The reason for the trading “glitch” that sets things in
motion, and the time that Clooney and friends have to solve the technical
aspects of it, are just way too complicated.
Simple would have been better, but still Clooney and Roberts do pull it
off … and the film will likely finish in the black for the studio, especially
with a nice home entertainment payout added to the mix.
As to bonus goodies, there are deleted scenes, a trio of
featurettes — “George Clooney, The Money Man,” “Inside the Pressure Cooker” and
“Analysis of a Scene: The Showdown” — and the Dan the Automator music video
titled “What Makes the World Go ‘Round (MONEY!).”
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