In the end, "Capital" is just a dark comic sketch of bald-faced greed, with little nuance or real feeling.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
1 Nov 2013
fresh:
The famously left-leaning Costa-Gavras is preaching to the choir in his indignation, but he does so in slick, brisk fashion.
– Christy Lemire,
RogerEbert.com,
1 Nov 2013
rotten:
What's lacking is most surprising from this dissident filmmaker: the emotional outrage.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Nov 2013
rotten:
It's a bit like what The Godfather would have been if it had been set in "The Bank of Evil" from Despicable Me -- and if its antihero were a cipher instead of Michael Corleone.
– Michael Sragow,
Orange County Register,
1 Nov 2013
fresh:
Director Costa-Gavras takes a vaguely facetious tone toward the evils of global finance, which he concludes is a game for gluttonous boys.