... it advanced a wry sense of morality in its ironic account of a corrupt banker who thrived under Uruguay's era of dictatorship.

| Dec 30, 2019

A continent-hopping dramedy that's not very funny and never catches fire.

| Sep 17, 2019

Handler's comic performance and Veiroj's matter-of-fact style do a good job of setting the film apart from its peers.

| Sep 16, 2019

Yet the images, and the actions within them, lack the acerbic edge that would really drive the knife in. Much like Brause himself, the film tends toward the handsome, yet hollow.

| Sep 13, 2019

That extra layer of meaning that makes Humberto's saga so enticing.

| Sep 10, 2019

Federico Veiroj continuously underlines in red ink his protagonist's cowardness, impulsive greediness, and lust.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 9, 2019

Uruguay director Federico Veiroj has an itch of an idea, but doesn't innovate or entrance with The Moneychanger, a sometimes swift, sometimes funny, but mostly middle-of-the-road thriller about the dangers of greed.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 7, 2019