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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertHitchcock called his most familiar subject "The Innocent Man Wrongly Accused." Jarecki pumps up the pressure here by giving us a Guilty Man Accurately Accused, and that's what makes the film so ingeniously involving.
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe film doesn't turn its issues into a glorified essay, but it does use them to give the audience a vital emotional workout.
- 83Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallArbitrage is a classy soap opera with a charismatic louse at its center, without "Margin Call" didactics, or the misplaced empathy of "The Company Men."
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeNothing about the plot is novel, but the film easily maintains a low simmer that picks up in the final act, as Miller has to fight to keep his sinking ship staffed.
- 80Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonSlick and grown-up as Richard Gere himself, this intricate fiscal thriller takes a dead bead on extreme privilege.
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfAmazingly, Gere keeps it all together, via a kind of seething anti-rage that speaks reams to the character's survival instincts.
- 75Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.If the film covers well-tread territory (a morally bankrupt player trying to prolong his own influence), it does so with pinpoint control of mood and theme.
- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayBetween Gere matching wits with a police detective played by Tim Roth, and Gere having to explain himself to the steely Sarandon, Arbitrage is never dull.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThere's a touch of Hitchcockian flavor to the Arbitrage's cat-and-mouse thrills, yet the film clearly announces that there's now a third gifted Jarecki brother (in addition to Eugene and Andrew) to contend with in the moviemaking business.