Mountainhead

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Carl S @RT09461891 3d Insufferable, no plot. See more Dakota P @DaCinephile Aug 3 I couldn’t tell if I was supposed to laugh through the fear or if Mountainhead was simply a dark thriller. Equal parts deeply unsettling and profoundly entertaining, the film feels like looking through a window we were never supposed to see - and one we can only hope is showing us a nightmare.  One where the distance between decision makers and their consequences is so great that millions of lives hang in the balance. The script is tight and propulsive, throttling through the war zone that only a weekend at a multimillion-dollar mountaintop mansion could produce. Jesse Armstrong strikes again with a thriller that peers into the private lives of the global elite. See more Chris S @Janomi Jul 5 Mountainhead has a cast and premise that should have worked much better for me than it did. Jesse Armstrong's dialogue is sharp, darkly funny, and often uncomfortably timely, using four tech billionaires to satirize wealth, ego, AI, deepfakes, social media manipulation, and unchecked influence. I liked several individual scenes and conversations, but I absolutely hated where the plot ultimately went. Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, and Ramy Youssef are excellent as morally detached tech elites trapped inside a luxurious mountain estate while the world outside spirals. Their chemistry, insecurity, and power struggles make the chamber-piece setup consistently watchable. The problem is that the story becomes increasingly exaggerated and implausible. The satire has real bite, but the final act shifts too far into absurd farce for the emotional or dramatic payoff to land. The performances and dialogue are strong, but the plot kept me at a distance. See more Chris S. @BeerClub Jul 4 Liked the cast, hated the plot. See more Peg K @Pegels Jul 2 Absolutely horrible. Boring. Sony waste your time. See more Amybeth H @Amybeth207 Jun 18 I get what the intent was. But it failed, sadly. Gorgeous cinematography though. But ultimately just a stupid plot that got more inane as the movie progressed. We turned it off with 15 minutes to go, just googled how it ended, and didn't care. See more Read all reviews

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