The Wizard of Lies2017
The Wizard of Lies (2017)
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Critic Consensus: The Wizard of Lies doesn't really shed much new light on its fact-based story, but thanks to solid direction and a talented cast, it still proves consistently watchable.
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as Bernie Madoff
as Ruth Madoff
as Mark Madoff
as Andrew Madoff
as Stephanie Madoff
as Catherine Hooper
as Frank DiPascali
as Diana B. Henriques
as Eleanor Squillari
as Martin London
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It should come as no surprise that, through it all, De Niro's Madoff remains an enigma - an android-like con man prone to blank stares and remorseless, matter-of-fact statements when questioned about his reprehensible actions.
Pfeiffer stole the show as Madoff's wife Ruth, nervously chain-smoking her way through a scandal she naively knew nothing about.
At the end of the film, we might have a better understanding of how this giant Ponzi scheme unfolded, but we still have no idea why it happened-a significant shortcoming for an HBO movie with this kind of pedigree.
The best scenes in "The Wizard of Lies" just put Mr. De Niro in a room opposite his co-stars, and let him go to work.
It's not a terrible piece of work, but the most you can claim for it is a kind of bloodless competence.
The Wizard of Lies is a movie with a terrible name and some mediocre aspects. But great central performances from two icons of the silver screen make it necessary watching.
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