Empire Magazine
This is intentionally jagged but nevertheless frustrating, a little too self-satisfied for its own good. Yet there are some great moments and, when it relaxes a bit, it has charm to spare.
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The Laundromat
Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Gary Oldman lead this Panama Papers comedy-drama that sees director Steven Soderbergh expose the real-life tax avoidance/money laundering scandal. Co-stars Antonio Banderas, Sharon Stone, Matthias Schoenaerts and David Schwimmer.
201996 minsUSA
ComedyDramaTrue Story & Biography
- Director:
- Steven Soderbergh ('Traffic', 'Behind the Candelabra', 'Erin Brockovich')
- Writer:
- Scott Z. Burns
- Cast:
- Meryl StreepGary OldmanAntonio BanderasSharon StoneMatthias SchoenaertsJeffrey WrightWill ForteJames CromwellDavid SchwimmerRobert PatrickRosalind ChaoNonso Anozie
The Laundromat / Reviews
The New York Times
For a movie about how awful the world is and how it got that way, "The Laundromat" is kind of a lark.
Full reviewVanity Fair
There's something indulgent about its many digressions, a dinner party guest yammering on and on rather than getting to the point.
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Time Out
It's like 'Titanic', only with 90 minutes of the iceberg regaling you with its ocean-liner-sinking skills while sipping a Mai Tai.
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Hollywood Reporter
Despite the filmmaker's obvious smarts and oft-proven skills, there's a kind of off-putting effrontery about Soderbergh's approach here that rather sours the whole experience.
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The Guardian
Soderbergh understands the importance of putting human faces to dry statistics. He reveals how the tentacles of financial misrule eventually extend to touch honest-to-God human lives.
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Little White Lies
The Laundromat is a fun ride while you're on it, but is probably a lesser entry into the director's esteemed personal canon.
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