'Greed': A Scabrous Satire Of A Megalomaniacal Mogul
Michael Winterbottom's sardonic tale of an amoral British businessman (Steve Coogan) who throws himself a shameless birthday party goes for the jugular.
by Ella Taylor
Feb 27, 2020
3 minutes
As monstrous cinematic moguls go, Sir Richard McCreadie, CEO of many a failed British cut-rate clothing chain, is no Citizen Kane. Played with casual brio by Steve Coogan in Michael Winterbottom's genre-confounding , Sir Richard is not what you'd call a brooder. To him, self-doubt â indeed introspection of any sort â is a loser's game. This despite the judgment of a Parliamentary Select Committee investigating the myriad bankruptcies that have somehow filled his coffers, that he exemplifies "the unacceptable face of capitalism." And never
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