There were strong female characters in this retread of so many Wall Street dramas. Sadly, not one of them was someone that I'd want one of my nieces to emulate. There are so many issues to address in the male dominated US investment banking industry. None of them were addressed in a thoughtful manner.
After the tech bubble burst and then again following the crash of the US housing market, the news was littered with stories about investment banks and bankers who committed criminal offenses. How high paid professionals approach and ultimately cross into the realm of the illegal could provide fascinating fodder for filmmakers and audiences alike. Equity missed the mark again.
How can a film written by women, directed by a woman, and with so many female roles give us so many caricatures of women?
The only thing that looked or felt real was the trading floor and it was way to small for the trading floor of the world's largest investment bank.
I laughed when reading the sponsor credit for Bloomberg.
After the tech bubble burst and then again following the crash of the US housing market, the news was littered with stories about investment banks and bankers who committed criminal offenses. How high paid professionals approach and ultimately cross into the realm of the illegal could provide fascinating fodder for filmmakers and audiences alike. Equity missed the mark again.
How can a film written by women, directed by a woman, and with so many female roles give us so many caricatures of women?
The only thing that looked or felt real was the trading floor and it was way to small for the trading floor of the world's largest investment bank.
I laughed when reading the sponsor credit for Bloomberg.