The 55-year-old American actor and 38-year-old British-Lebanese human rights lawyer attended the premiere of Clooney’s movie Money Monster at the 2016 Cannes International Film Festival.
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He said that there is not going to be a “president Donald Trump. When you look at her performance, it’s so extraordinary – because she gives so much, she’s so in there”.
Meanwhile, Gates’ longtime producer Patty Fenn (a very good Julia Roberts) works to find out what caused the sudden $800 million loss in the company Budwell invested in, IBIS, as the whole world watches the situation unfold on live TV. “She comes with such a huge amount of compassion for what actors are trying to accomplish”, Roberts said, adding that “you really can’t ask for someone with more understanding that the person who’s devoted her life to being such a brilliant actor”.
“Our lives have expanded in a lovely way”, the actress said of their respective families before commenting on how Clooney has changed. It’s certainly an intriguing idea, and I can think of a few presenters with a God complex who could do with this kind of scare, if only to bring them down a few notches.
Jodie Foster, who was also at the press conference, had come to Cannes five years ago with The Beaver, a romantic tale starring Mel Gibson – a man who learns to express himself with the help of a beaver hand puppet after he has had a breakdown. But, is George Clooney really the face that should be facing down financial fraud and economic equality?
Jack O’Connell also stars in Money Monster, which centers on a TV financial personality (Clooney) who is taken hostage on air by a viewer who followed the talk show host’s advice and lost all of his money. It’s a cable news entertainment rigged up as a slapstick financial report, with Gates in amusing hats loudly making fun of whatever disaster is taking place on Wall Street that day.
IF ever there was any doubt that Julia Roberts was still on Hollywood’s A-list, her pay packet for the recently released Mother’s Day put it to rest. “Money Monster” feels like a solid ’90s studio thriller in some ways – a movie for adults and made by adults with a crop of charismatic A-listers at the center.
“He taught us great lessons about real time. and about everybody having a point of view and having the filmmaking techniques be informed by character first and foremost”. “Money Monster” takes some baby steps down the road of impactful satire, but it’s impossible to take any of its anti-captialism messages seriously when Clooney is doing the Roger Rabbit and punching up movie soundbites like a shock jock.
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Unlike “The Big Short,” the film doesn’t stop while the informational nuggets are doled out. Seriously, you might not actually believe who joins the pair for a little singing session.
