Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
ThedevilChoose
When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
ThrillMessage
There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.
Mathilde the Guild
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Mr-Fusion
MONEY NEVER SLEEPS has "wasted opportunity" written all over it. An examination of the recent financial crisis, if handled properly, can make for good drama (MARGIN CALL, as an example). But Stone populated his movie with leaden actors and this thing lacks any actual drama. It just lumbers on for two hours, never picking up steam (even with a motorcycle chase). Elder statesmen Frank Langella and Eli Wallach aren't given much to do, ceding most of the film to Shia LaBeouf, Carey Mulligan and Michael Douglas. In Douglas' defense, Gekko's neutered in this movie, even in his villainous betrayal. Stone had all of the fire written out of the character. And not to gang up on LaBeouf, but his character is am insufferable jerk (Mulligan's, too, to some extent), so their drama doesn't hold water.The real problem here is that it bears the WALL STREET name. Erase the name Gordon Gekko from this movie, and there'd be no ties. The original movie was foremost an engrossing drama wit a fiery villain - the beauty of this is that it eventually became about something in a larger context (greed). It wasn't topical. But here, Stone dusts off the Gekko character to sermonize about how greed is bad. The moralizing gets old, very quickly. Stone also decides to throw Bud Fox under the bus with a throwaway two-minute cameo from Charlie Sheen, all in the service of emphasizing how bad the Josh Brolin character is.MONEY NEVER SLEEPS was awful, and it's devoid of everything that made the original great.4/10
brchthethird
In this follow-up to his outstanding WALL STREET, Oliver Stone does a serviceable job but ultimately, the film buckles underneath the weight of its unfocused narrative. The performances are generally good, with stellar showings all around. Shia LaBeouf shows that he has the chops to potentially carry his own movie, although most of the heavy lifting is done by Michael Douglas and Josh Brolin (the dual antagonists). Quality-wise, nothing is particularly egregious (although the flashy editing was a little distracting). It's that the film tries to do too much. There's enough material here for at least a couple films, and the romantic subplot could have been eliminated with little cost to the overall story arc. On one hand, you have the background in the 2008 financial crisis, and on the other you have Gordon Gekko's path back to the top (which would have been the most appropriate story-line to focus on). There's a lot to say, and despite all of the financial jargon which can be hard to understand, it does have good points when looking back at the 2008 financial crisis in retrospect. Too bad that all of this isn't particularly germane to the story Oliver Stone seemed to be going for, and maybe this movie wasn't the best avenue for all of that material. To its detriment, this doesn't really start to feel like a "Wall Street" sequel until about three quarters of the way through. It's a good movie, but had some more restraint been shown in editing, it could have been much better than it was.
mailofthefuture
I just wanted to write a review simply because I see that 99% of the reviews about this movie are negative? How on God's Green Earth is that possible? Whatever people want to say about this movie, it's not a freakin 1 out of 10, that's a total blasphemy.It's entertaining, great plot, solid acting, a twist, only the ending was somewhat disappointing.That's it.Other than that, it's a 7 or at worst, a 6.5. It's definitely worth seeing 2-3 times. Go check it out if you haven't already.
MVictorPjinsiste
I went through that rich bunch called "simple" and "ordinary" on a comically jarring background of Talking Heads up to the point where Labeouf's character received a check of 1 500 000$. Just like that.Does he goes crazy? Well, about as much as if you received twos pays on one check. That is, in a nutshell, what sums up my experience best with this movie. How come these parasitic vultures, who live by making rich people richer at the expenses of the common man, can justify such a salary when the whole economy pays for it? Gecko's daughter claims to be a non-materialistic gal, who can be contented by something like a "modest" 150 000/year salary, but it's easy for her to say, since she is in fact, a multi millionaire. How can one who works blood, sweat and tears for a pity for their satanic majesties' requests can relate to such characters? Furthermore, the movies' psychology is simplistic enough that it not only insult my social status, but also my intelligence. The bad guys can't be more obvious - they're the ones who are pushing for oil; That is supposed to make us look at the "alternate energy sources" brokers as some philanthropic saviours, friends of humanity. I don't know if I should laugh or cry. On a technical level, the flick is excellent, with great (if uninspired) camera shots and excellent actor casting - they're almost all good, Frank Langella being the best one there is. The problem is, like at many high places in the US of A, that the elites are totally detached from reality - the few times the film attempted social salvation were the most cynically hilarious ones. It's my fault, too... Why do I keep renting these?
