Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Sep 27, 2022 3/4

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

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Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Aug 14, 2022 3/5

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

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David Bax Battleship Pretension Mar 11, 2021

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.

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Joanne Laurier World Socialist Web Site Feb 28, 2021

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

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Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Jul 8, 2019 2.5/5

Arbitrage is a mechanically sound and consistently entertaining film, with some noteworthy performances. However, after the film concludes, it's hard to find anything to be enthusiastic about it.

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Molly Templeton Eugene Weekly (OR) Feb 26, 2019

Pointed but not polemical, [Nicholas] Jarecki's allegorical film moves along steadily, buoyed by an eerie and modern score, as it traces the fault lines of one man's delusions.

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Russell Cook CineVue Feb 9, 2019 3/5

Jarecki surprisingly manages to draw out a sense of sympathy for his protagonist.

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Abbie Bernstein Assignment X Jan 31, 2019 B

Arbitrage is unlikely to become a blockbuster, but it is clever, keeps us guessing and, in its credible depiction of the world of high finance, is more than a little chilling.

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Nathalia Aryani San Diego Entertainer Jan 26, 2019

Studios rarely makes this type of film anymore; it's a solid thriller.

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Debbie Baldwin Ladue News Dec 20, 2018 9/10

his movie is a real treat, and even surprises with moments of genuine humor.

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Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner Dec 20, 2018 3/4

Arbitrage is packed with tension from start to finish.

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Sarah Gopaul Digital Journal Oct 20, 2018

Gere is outstanding. He's always looked good in a suit and had the ability to promise the world with one look, but these talents don't compare to his talent to portray a self-centered jerk... This is Gere at his best.

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Steve Erickson Nashville Scene Sep 4, 2018

... even though Arbitrage winds up seeming awfully familiar, through Jimmy's deepening dilemma it offers insight into something rarely touched on in American cinema: what it's like to be used by the 1 percent.

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Deborah Ross The Spectator Sep 4, 2018

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.

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Terence Johnson AwardsCircuit.com Aug 26, 2018 3.5/4

Underneath the surface is a hauntingly urgent requiem on the American Dream and the moral fabric of the country.

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Stuart Klawans The Nation Jan 9, 2018

As someone who is susceptible to melodrama, I enjoyed much of Arbitrage.

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Anna Smith metro.co.uk Sep 5, 2017 4/5

Pleasing twists and moral dilemmas abound.

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Nour Habib Tulsa World Feb 3, 2017

Arbitrage is not about greed or frustration or police corruption. It's not about family bonds or loyalty or racial discrimination. But all those elements are incorporated into this multi-layered, suspense-laden film.

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Barbara Sullivan Buffalo News Dec 12, 2016 3.5/4

Gere, who appears in nearly every scene of Arbitrage, turns in the best performance of his career, conveying with supreme skill and remarkable restraint the exquisite agony of Miller's desperation.

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Mark Jackson Epoch Times Jun 28, 2016 4/5

Does the privilege of powerful men always lead to lust and lies? No. But the phrase 'Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,' is well depicted in 'Arbitrage.'

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