Film Review – Greed

Writer/director Michael Winterbottom has always held a great interest in highlighting troubled times, with economic disparity a popular topic of his pictures. With “Greed,” Winterbottom does away with any sort of subtlety, instead going for the throat with his vision of a billionaire celebrating his 60th birthday, with his grotesque life opened up for study as a decadent party is planned. The material has its comedic moments, but Winterbottom is aiming for a more sobering depiction of the haves and have nots, constructing a briskly paced overview of financial manipulation, workplace abuse, and the blind absurdity of privilege, reteaming with frequent collaborator Steve Coogan to assess the ruination of lives as the few retain everything while the many fight for survival. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com