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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanEquity takes us inside modern Wall Street in a unique and gripping manner.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinEquity is a smart thriller set in the corporate world that disguises its modest budget with an intelligent script and good set of hooks.
- 75Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaSlant MagazineKenji FujishimaThe film ultimately succeeds in offering a fresh female-centered perspective on its genre material.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversTo the credit of this scrappy, admirably femcentric film, crisply directed by Meera Menon from a tightly wound script by Amy Fox (with Reiner and Thomas also doing double-duty as producers), Equity refuses to paint a rosy picture of women at the top.
- 70Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonEquity is a smart Wall Street thriller which is most engaging when it’s exploring the obstacles facing its female protagonists specifically because of their gender.
- 67The Film StageEd FranklThe Film StageEd FranklEquity is more nuanced, if not as ferociously confidant as that 1987 Oliver Stone film, here focusing on the nitty gritty of a market launch of a social media-style security company.
- 67The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyEquity may not be the fanciest or flashiest of financial thrillers — more like off-brand David Fincher or Steven Soderbergh — but it gets the job done.
- 63New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartUltimately, I found the story surrounding Equity — that it is a movie about women on Wall Street, financed largely by actual women on Wall Street — more interesting than the movie itself, but it does contain its share of memorable moments.
- The always strong Gunn does her best with the very familiar, quickly paced storyline.