A good movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this movie but since I have a weak spot for Steven Soderbergh’s work and since it was available on Netflix, I was quite eager to check it out. Like anyone else, I heard about the Panama papers but, to be honest, I didn’t really dig too much in this affair so, only for that, it was pretty neat to see a movie dealing with this subject. On top of that, Soderbergh chose a rather light and slightly wild approach and while you might argue that such a tragedy deserved a more serious treatment, it did make the whole thing easier to swallow. The intro was also pretty neat. Indeed, of course, it made sense that, at some point, we switched from trading to coins and paper money. However, nowadays, most money transactions have turned into an invisible financial flow and this constant virtualisation of money in general has turned the current financial system into a completely unreliable mess. Another point made by this movie was that the whole purpose of this system has always been to improve the position of the wealthy part of our population, crushing or at least exploiting the meek but the makers felt to point out if the meek were rich, they would probably do the exact same thing but that’s another discussion, I guess. Still, in spite of some really strong material, the damned thing was still too random though and some of the small stories involved were not always really compelling. Anyway, to conclude, even though it was still another slightly half-baked project from Soderbergh, it was a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in this director.