2016 | USA | R | 100 min.
Hollywood’s first female-driven Wall Street
movie, directed, written, and produced by women,
suggests that there is room for some alpha
females in the wolves of Wall Street packs.
Meera Menon’s polished thriller stars Anna
Gunn, exhibiting the razor-sharp sensibility that
made her a breakout star on “Breaking Bad,”
turning the tables as money-worshipping investment
banker Naomi. Hellbent on climbing the
corporate ladder, Naomi’s rise is jeopardized
when a personal scandal threatens to unravel
a major deal. The screws are tightened by
an opportunistic underling and a prosecutor
in the Attorney General’s Office—characters
who further subvert female stereotypes.
“Equity” is a nail-biting morality play, full of
finely-observed, female-focused nuance and
detail, that shows it’s not just men who make
cold-hearted decisions with power and the
almighty dollar in mind.