Arbitrage (2012)
77%RT Audience Score: 62%
Awards & Nominations: 4 wins & 6 nominations
Arbitrage is both a tense thriller and a penetrating character study, elevated by the strength of a typically assured performance from Richard Gere
Arbitrage is like a fancy dinner party where everyone is dressed to the nines and the food is delicious, but you can’t help but feel a little dirty after finding out how it was all paid for. The movie is a psychological thriller that keeps you guessing until the very end, and the performances are noteworthy. It’s not an epic masterpiece, but it’s definitely worth a watch if you’re in the mood for some moral dilemmas and pleasing twists. Just don’t expect to come out feeling squeaky clean.
Production Company(ies)
Les Films, du Cru Film4 Orange Studio
Distributor
Roadside Attractions
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
New York City, New York, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for language, brief violent images and drug use
Year of Release
2012
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 40m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 14, 2012 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 21, 2012
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $35,485,056
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $45,748,201
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,379
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 4,988,899
US/Canada gross: $7,919,574
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $10,210,108
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,609
US/Canada opening weekend: $2,002,165
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $2,581,240
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,176
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $12,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $15,470,693
Production budget ranking: 1,499
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $8,330,968
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $21,946,540
ROI to date (est.): 92%
ROI ranking: 970
Tim Roth – Det. Michael Bryer
Susan Sarandon – Ellen Miller
Brit Marling – Brooke Miller
Evelina Turen – Emma
Monica Raymund – Reina
Director(s)
Nicholas Jarecki
Writer(s)
Nicholas Jarecki
Producer(s)
Laura Bickford, Kevin Turen, Justin Nappi, Robert Salerno
Film Festivals
Sundance
Awards & Nominations
4 wins & 6 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (171) | Top Critics (54) | Fresh (149) | Rotten (22)
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.
September 4, 2018
Deborah Ross
The Spectator
TOP CRITIC
Pleasing twists and moral dilemmas abound.
September 5, 2017 | Rating: 4/5
Anna Smith
metro.co.uk
TOP CRITIC
Really, it could use some nip/tuck on the screenplay, but the players are decent and the movie looks opulent enough.
April 13, 2016
Monica Castillo
Dig Boston
TOP CRITIC
We are persuaded to root for Miller, even when he is betraying the people he loves best. You’ll feel dirty, and well you should after a few hours in this company.
March 1, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
Donald Clarke
Irish Times
TOP CRITIC
Arbitrage is a slick, intelligent psychological thriller that works to connect public and private immorality.
March 1, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
David Sexton
London Evening Standard
TOP CRITIC
An old-fashioned treat.
February 28, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
David Cox
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
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.
March 11, 2021
David Bax
Battleship Pretension
Arbitrage is an ultimately timid work that has its heart half in the world it purports to disparage.
February 28, 2021
Joanne Laurier
World Socialist Web Site
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.
July 8, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5
Nicholas Bell
IONCINEMA.com
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.
February 26, 2019
Molly Templeton
Eugene Weekly (OR)
Jarecki surprisingly manages to draw out a sense of sympathy for his protagonist.
February 9, 2019 | Rating: 3/5
Russell Cook
CineVue
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.
January 31, 2019 | Rating: B
Abbie Bernstein
Assignment X…
Plot
Robert Miller is a successful financial businessman with a loving wife and a smart daughter ready to take over the family business. Professional secrets involving illegal fraudulent activities start coming out at the same time that Robert’s personal secrets take a turn for the worse and threaten to derail everything he has achieved.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels praises Richard Gere’s “typically assured performance” in Arbitrage.
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