"All world events revolve around five things... M.O.N.E.Y." says Robert Miller (Richard Gere), and thus the stage is set. Arbitrage is a movie about money, yes, but not in the way you think. It is more about keeping up appearances, and if that means being a dishonest person, then so be it.
After what seems like a pretty long period, Richard Gere is back with the kind of drama that he excelled in 15 years ago. This time, he plays a grandfather (imagine!), who does what he can to save his family and to secure the future of his children, with a calculated coldness that freezes out....