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DramaComedy

Mountainhead

- Humanity is in their hands.

A group of billionaire friends get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis.

Release Date : 2025-06-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : HBO FilmsHot Seat ProductionsProject Zeus

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Steve Carell

Character Name : Randall Garrett

Original Name : Steve Carell

Gender : Male

Jason Schwartzman

Character Name : Hugo 'Souper' Van Yalk

Original Name : Jason Schwartzman

Gender : Male

Cory Michael Smith

Character Name : Venis Parish

Original Name : Cory Michael Smith

Gender : Male

Ramy Youssef

Character Name : Jeff Abredazi

Original Name : Ramy Youssef

Gender : Male

Daniel Oreskes

Character Name : Dr. Phipps

Original Name : Daniel Oreskes

Gender : Male

Hadley Robinson

Character Name : Hester

Original Name : Hadley Robinson

Gender : Female

David Thompson

Character Name : Leo

Original Name : David Thompson

Gender : Male

Ali Kinkade

Character Name : Berry Oliphant

Original Name : Ali Kinkade

Gender : Female

Ava Kostia

Character Name : Paula

Original Name : Ava Kostia

Gender : Male

Alex Peña

Character Name : Argentinian Business Leader

Original Name : Alex Peña

Gender : Male

Amie MacKenzie

Character Name : Janine

Original Name : Amie MacKenzie

Gender : Female

Larkin Bell

Character Name : Nanny

Original Name : Larkin Bell

Gender : Female

Capri Eaton

Character Name : Baby Sabre

Original Name : Capri Eaton

Gender : Male

Emmi Eaton

Character Name : Baby Sabre

Original Name : Emmi Eaton

Gender : Male

Reviews

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MovieGuys

@MovieGuys

2025-06-04

"Moutainhead"aspires to be more, than it reasonably achieves. In one sense its an exercise in moral relativism. Moral judgements for four wealthy tech executives are only true or false, when viewed from their perspective, which is mired in hyper capitalism. For them, morality is grounded in the ruthless pursuit of individual wealth, allegedly to leverage technocratic human evolution (trans-humanism). When one of them challenges this world view, during a rich pals getaway, things turn darkly comical. You can see the rather understated critique of the modern obsession with an on line life this film presents. A place where truth is allegedly manufactured, not told. The gleeful, almost childlike immaturity, wilful recklessness and narcissism, of those who have built it. Also on a certain level, the tech elites uselessness. One can't even boil an egg. So much for the value of social media, right? Well yes and frankly, "no". This film overplays its hand. It tries to promote the mainstream media as a source of truth, when in fact, people have turned to social media precisely "because" of mainstream journalism's unwillingness, to tell truth to power. In spite of its flaws, social media has given genuine investigative journalists and courageous whistle blowers, a platform to expose the malfeasance of corrupted power. Something this film, rather too conveniently, overlooks. In summary, this is not a bad film. As a mild, dark comedy, it very reasonably makes wholly valid points about social media and by extension, big tech's, shortcomings. Where it falls short, its its inability to tell the other side of the story. In vogue labels, like "misinformation", so popular with glib politicians and the less than transparent mainstream media, could as easily be applied to them, as they could, the high tech, on line world and those who built it.