ARBITRAGE PORTRAYS THE NARCISSISM OF A BILLIONAIRE
Prospective filmviewers may expect to learn a little more about the craft of arbitrage in a film of the same title. Instead, 50-year-old billionaire Robert Miller (played by Richard Gere) has many irons in the fire. He took out a loan that he cannot pay back. He is trying to negotiate a price for a merger with an elusive millionaire. And he is carrying on an affair with his business associate behind his wife’s back. How will he resolve his conflicts? Somehow that is supposed to set the stage for an intriguing saga, but the plot is lost in the narcissism. MH