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Margin Call—movie review
- By Leonard Maltin
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- October 21, 2011 4:15 AM
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Margin Call manages to put a human face on the current economic crisis—but I wish it was as good as its trailer, which is forceful, well-edited, and dramatically scored. The film itself has many good qualities, and an exceedingly strong cast, but it’s a bit dry.
The setting is a major investment bank in Manhattan, where the story is set in motion by a series of peremptory firings. As risk-management specialist Stanley Tucci is escorted out of the office he gives some information to his protégé, Zachary Quinto (and, curiously, the security guard doesn’t stop him), urging him—
What’s Your Number?—movie review
- By Leonard Maltin
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- September 30, 2011 4:40 AM
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As someone who—swimming against the tide—didn’t care for Bridesmaids, imagine my surprise to find another female-driven, female-written R-rated comedy so entertaining. What’s Your Number? stars the likable Anna Faris as a woman who discovers that she’s slept with more men than anyone in her circle—in fact, far more than—
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