I was glad to check it off my must-see list, but the fact that I did, didn’t leave me any better for it. I found the plot weak, and the movie disappointing overall. We know Michael Douglas can be the hard-nosed Wall Street wheeler and dealer from the first Wall Street, but it wasn’t too convincing watching him play the father and the father-in-law to be. At the end of the day, we also know that the 2008 Wall Street collapse was no ordinary matter, and that, if not anything else, might have been the curiosity for many to see the movie: in expecting to find a window into how the inner workings of the folks who work on Wall Street might have actually caused the collapse. And if that window was there, it was a slim one. What was instead more appealing than that were the panoramic views of New York City, both by day and night that showcased the glam and glitter of a city that is said to never sleep. Also, Susan Sarandon put in a pretty convincing cameo as Shia LeBoeuf’s mother.
It’s a terrible thing to say about any movie, but it’s good to be truthful about these things when you’re seriously critiquing a film: it was worth waiting for on DVD, because it would have been a waste of a good 20 bucks, otherwise.
