'Equity' ("She-Wolves” of Wall Street Type Film)

[Himmel]

The Wall Street-based thriller, directed by Meera Menon, follows senior investment banker, Naomi Bishop (Gunn), as she tries to fix a financial scandal that could ruin her career.

Stars: Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas.

“Equity” hits theaters July 29.

http://variety.com/2016/film/vpage/a...er-1201824442/

[DanTheMan]

Saw the trailer for this before Swiss Army Man. Looks interesting with the female heavy cast, and I'm especially happy to see Anna Gunn transition from TV (Breaking Bad) to the big screen.

[spectre08]

Wall Street movies are always risky for me. On the one hand you have writers and talent who want to be openly critical of Wall Street, and on the other you have the studios and financiers (aka bankers) that have to make the movie actually happen.

Unfortunately sometimes this ends up with a mess like Money Monster that on the very surface level LOOKS like a scathing indictment of Wall Street, but ends up washing over the story or shifting the blame for scandals.

[Foggy]

I think it's a genius idea and it does look pretty decent. But it does look more like Margin Call than Wolf of Wall Street. That's not a bad thing, but it's not something I'm in a rush to see.

Pretty bizarre hearing Skyler say she likes money though, that ***** got in Walter White's way so many times and this is the shit she's pulling now.

[Holmes]

Wall Street is a frequent cinematic destination, from Oliver Stone's hit film of the same name, an ostensible story of greed before the fall for a flashy corporate raider which still inspired a generation to embrace flashy greed, to The Big Short, a sardonic and well-researched study of the subprime mortgage crisis. The small, but compelling suspense film Equity finds a new Wall Street-related vein to tap: the experience of women in the finance industry. Naomi Bishop (Anna Gunn) is a gifted and prosperous investor who, despite her laudable résumé, is always aware of the glass ceiling: she is often criticized or chided as a nuisance for behavior people would interpret as forthright and thorough in a man. Naomi sees the introduction of a high-profile new I.P.O.—a San Francisco-based Internet security company—as another chance to prove herself and elevate her profile, though her life is complicated by a lover who or may not be involved with insider training (James Purefoy) and an old friend who is now a federal investigator (Alysia Reiner). It is an involving story, a whirlwind of allegiance and duplicity and power moves presented one sharply written scene after another, and its feminist conscience gives it an extra novelty and sting. Consider the character of Erin (Sarah Megan Thomas), a vice president under Naomi, whose joy at becoming pregnant is rapidly deluged with anxiety and doubt regarding how it will impact her promising career, leaving her to guiltily interrupt a sonogram with a business call and slip away from a party to replace her martini with tap water.

A-

[demonknight]

Got the trailer for this in front of several movies. Think it looks boring as sin, and I will not be seeing.

[format916]

i kinda want to see this. its probably leaving my cinema this week though.

[imsounoriginal]

Been seeing the poster for this around, but not any trailers. Doesn't seem like anything I need to rush out and see in theaters anyway.

[WhySoBlu?]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

Been seeing this trailer. Looks okay. Probably a download after it hits torrent sites.

Does the hipster uniform really cost that much to maintain that you have to steal movies now?

[Himmel]

http://youtu.be/G7UVCPYJpIU

[Britnasty]

Glad to see this is going wide, this has been on my radar for a bit.

[MikeScott]

It's going wide? When?

[AaronJ]

This looks intriguing. If the trailer is any indication it should be pretty intense.

[Britnasty]

Originally Posted by MikeScott

It's going wide? When?

September 2nd. It continues to expand this week then it looks to be going in 750+ theatres, so not wide but wider

I just noticed its opening here tomorrow, at the same Landmark theatre that has Don't Think Twice so I know what I am doing Sunday.

[DanTheMan]

People can still watch movies for free or little to nothing. There are promo codes for Redbox after all that give free rentals. And then you have movie cash for theaters that's not technically your money to begin with.

[jacobsever]

Originally Posted by xander

Even dumber. Hope you don't kill anyone, rebel.

If anyone's dying, it's going to me while I ride my brakeless bike through downtown city traffic.

[format916]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

People can still watch movies for free or little to nothing. There are promo codes for Redbox after all that give free rentals. And then you have movie cash for theaters that's not technically your money to begin with.

and of course, the library.

[MikeScott]

Originally Posted by Britnasty

September 2nd. It continues to expand this week then it looks to be going in 750+ theatres, so not wide but wider

Oh wow that's quite a few.

[movielib]

I saw it today and I liked it a lot. Intricate plotting that demands attention, stronger for playing it low key (on the surface), lots of interlocking pieces among the characters, good ending that made sense. Acting is quite good with a B+ level cast. Foggy was right in his speculation that it would be more like Margin Call than The Wolf of Wall Street (which I think is a very good thing since I thought TWOWS was a real stinker, one of Scorsese's worst films).

****/*****

[Rinzler]

One of my favorites of the year! Saw it twice and can't wait for the BD.