This one is definitely not for Zim

Tucci, Demi Moore, Simon Baker, Maris Dizzia
Writer and director: J. C. Chandor
Cinema: Eastgate
Running time: 103 minutes
Type of film: Company management/High finance
Age restriction: 16
A perfect illustration of the problem fac­ing the serious and determined Harare cin­ema goer. Because Zimbabwe has no  “clout” in the matter of the films which come into the country, a film which will predictably have no appeal to our movie-goers has the same chance of the being exhibited as one which has.
In the case of the film under review, “Margin Call”. it is easier to list the ingredi­ents which make it a “no-no” for Harare than any of its appeal.
There is no: sex, nudity, violence, adven­ture, scenery, suspense.
What there is unfathomable dialogue concerning the last-minute attempt to save a company from its imminent Wall Street col­lapse. Remarkably, all of the film’s action takes place within less than a 24-hour period. The dialogue, when understandable, is no comprehensible to anyone without business training.
The members of the audience who saw the film with me all walked out in agree­ment that “this is not a film for Zimbabwe”. Your reviewer fully agrees.
On the other hand, there was for your reviewer, and perhaps only for him, an aspect of the film which perhaps only he could appreciate.
I am referring here to the participation in the film of the actress Demi Moore. Not many, I’m sure, of those who read this, will have followed her career with the interest it has had for me.
To begin that which may be of most appeal. Having already had her 50th birth­day, she is one of the most gorgeous pieces of femininity of which Hollywood can boast. With four adult children from her first marriage, she has recently been divorced from her third, a man 14 years her junior.
It is not quite true to say that there is no appeal for its scenery. Shot entirely in New York City (my hometown) it will give the film goer who would like to travel more than he is able, an excellent insight into this city and its enormous, disparate population.