Equity
Equity
R | 29 July 2016 (USA)
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Senior investment banker Naomi Bishop’s world of high-power big money is brutal and fierce, and one she thrives in. When a controversial IPO threatens the fragile balance of power and confidentiality, Naomi finds herself entangled in a web of politics and deception.

Reviews
Mahen Nowzadick

The first 30 minutes of the movie is quite boring and slow.However rest assured that the pace picks up quickly as we see the competitive side of the financial world.Naomi uses her wit to keep an edge on wall street as she heads a new IPO after the last one was a total disaster. Movie is more like a Documentary about the process of bringing a company public. From valuations to agreeing with the start price while going on investor roadshows.I will not spoil the ending since not yet finished the movie. Really recommended if you liked other Financial Thrillers like Margin Call!

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phd_travel

A Wall Street drama with mainly women in the lead roles. It isn't that unique perspective alone makes this an interesting movie. The story is actually very good too. It's about a Silicon Valley tech IPO and some insider manipulation and SEC investigation all come together. You need to concentrate a bit. This is a more complicated story than "Wall Street" or "Wall Street 2". Good guys and bad guys are not so black and white either. So it is more realistic. Anna Gunn - it's hard to picture her out of Breaking Bad does a convincing portrayal of an investment banker who puts together this IPO. Her assistant could have been played by a more famous and slightly prettier actress. James Purefoy is the love interest.Worth watching.

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Reno Rangan

It's a woman oriented financial film drama directed by a woman filmmaker. That makes it empowered by women. On the perspective it was my first experience, so I think it could be the only of its kind. It is not as bad as it looks, those who liked financial related films like 'Margin Call', 'The Big Short', 'Glengarry Glen Ross' et cetera would enjoy it as well. This film stayed true to its title, so that's what you are going to expect, but nothing a bit more than that.There are unexpected turns in the narration. Particularly the characters, that too the females. It is about the commitment and trust in the colleagues. No matter what you do, the company always judges you by your result. The pace might look slow, but it gets better in the latter half. The film turned into kind of thriller and ended with a little drag, though satisfying.Anna Gunn was so good and looks like we have here another talented woman director Meera Menon. This film did not get as popular as its counterpart on the same theme, I mean men's Wall Street thriller. But somewhat I liked it and seems a sequel is not a bad idea, after how this story had ended. Finally, this is for the selected viewers, so those who are from the outside of its bandwidth won't end watching it happy, hence the film will lose its rating, but not the quality.6/10

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henferdeline

If this movie was a stock about to get its debut, it would flop worse than the mock company that appears in it.With 1,5 "good, correct" male characters (the VP's husband disapproved of her dedication to work, so he gets only half...), we have women in all the lead roles.The hero is a white lesbian, in a relationship with a black, very supportive woman and having to small kids, all perfectly adjusted.All the women are presented as being inherently good - even if some, driven by the machinations of the evil men above and around them, do bad things to advance their careers....All the men (except the aforementioned 1,5) are manipulative or outright bad, with all the stereotypes related to Wall Street.An uni-dimensional movie with a poor, underdeveloped story. A thorough waste of time.

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