Man, this is a tough one to digest. I really liked the concept, and the story up to a point, but then it careens off the rails, and becomes something altogether different. By the end, it has taken one of the leads into a place that is barely believable, and borderline absurd. I guess it is possible that some relationships could go this route, but it's almost hard to accept that the two people that start out this movie can possibly devolve into the couple at the end.
The dialogue is solid, the feel for the world of finance is legit... I should know, I was in it. And while Luke's overwhelming job-envy and bitterness is palpable, heartbreaking and brutal, the ending just went too far. The meltdown, the party, the bathroom, the final scene... neither of these two people should ever have gotten near this. I'm all for "girl power" but IMO, the last 30:00 became unfathomably mean-spirited, and wrecked this film for me. Sorry. An "8" for the acting and the beginning and a "2" for what they did to a promising premise, and we'll call it a "5" and be done with it. Ouch.
The dialogue is solid, the feel for the world of finance is legit... I should know, I was in it. And while Luke's overwhelming job-envy and bitterness is palpable, heartbreaking and brutal, the ending just went too far. The meltdown, the party, the bathroom, the final scene... neither of these two people should ever have gotten near this. I'm all for "girl power" but IMO, the last 30:00 became unfathomably mean-spirited, and wrecked this film for me. Sorry. An "8" for the acting and the beginning and a "2" for what they did to a promising premise, and we'll call it a "5" and be done with it. Ouch.