A good thriller, but the ending was a disappointment.

To the last user posting a review, the unraveling happened in the last few minutes of the film and it wasn't explicitly done, but it involves blackmail and his family. Anyone wishing for spoilers can google that. So he didn't end up better off. I do agree the film is mediocre and stopped abruptly. It also seemed written for Michael Douglas and I felt like Sarandon's role would've been better done by Anne Archer. I know! Douglas and Archer were husband and wife in Fatal Attraction. This film isn't powerful enough to be considered a "thriller" as the plot is actually rather dull.

Was quite interesting, except that it ended without any sort of ending of any kind, just cut off the story in mid-stream. Not even where you could "imagine" what would happen to the characters next. Susan Sarandon was, as always, great in her very 'bit' part, and Gere was, as always, a camera hog with no emotions or relativity to the viewers. (Is it possible for him to be in a hit movie without a female to carry him? I don't think so.) Susan could have in this movie if the writers had fleshed out her part, but as filmed and told, ultimately turned out to be a waste of time. Like a story that is only half told. At the end, a big yawn. I read epotter8811's review, and I must ask, how did his doings lead to the unravelling of his life? He ended up better than he started, and he started as one of the 1%. How was his life unravelled by his actions???

A hedge fund mogul tried by all means to get out of his misfortune in business and at home. The guy is a study of those morally bankrupt wall street elites, how they shield themselves from crimes and their charities to others around them.

Strong performances carry through, but essential motivational information only comes out hurredly and very late in the film, or in the commentary(!?). Its like we are to just watch the great acting, but can't be trusted to follow the economics. (Sort of like today's national politics !)

“Arbitrage” is one of Richard Gere’s best films and is very reminiscent of one of his first big films, “American Gigolo.” In “Gigolo” we view the life of a gigolo who works for very rich women, but this film descends into a crime film where our innocent gigolo gets into a serious frameup. So we get to films in one. So too with the film “Arbitrage.” In “Arbitrage,” we get to see a hedge fund manager whose number one concern is the goal of making hundreds of millions more on the next deal. Like “American Gigolo,” we have the added attraction of the hedge fund manager getting in trouble with something that goes wrong while fooling around with a woman not his wife (think Chappaquidick). This is the best Gere film in a long time and just one of the best I’ve seen so far this year.

Very Richard Gere, everything he has to offer, as he always does in his movies.

Average at best. Susan Sarandom gave the most convincing performance, where the rest were most forgettable. Richard Gere didn't come off as smart enough (except for one scene with the takeover guy) nor desperate enough to do what he did.. I'll take Margin Call over this 5 to 1.

A not very entertaining, all to predictable film about Wall Street.

An underrated, solid film to be sure much like its leading man, Richard Gere. Arbitrage is a timely depiction of how greed and power can lead to the unravelling of a man's life. Gere deserved more recognition for his slick yet gripping turn as Robert Miller. One of his best performances.