CrimeDramaComedy

The Laundromat

- Based on actual secrets.

When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.

Release Date : 2019-09-27

Language :MandarinEnglishRussianSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Anonymous ContentTopic StudiosSugar23Grey Matter Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Untitled Panama Papers ProjectSecrecy WorldThe Laundromat

Cast

Character Name : Ellen Martin / Elena

Original Name : Meryl Streep

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jürgen Mossack

Original Name : Gary Oldman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ramón Fonseca

Original Name : Antonio Banderas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Malchus Irvin Boncamper

Original Name : Jeffrey Wright

Gender : Male

Character Name : Melanie

Original Name : Melissa Rauch

Gender : Female

Character Name : Norm Sidley

Original Name : Jeff Michalski

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barb Sidley

Original Name : Jane Morris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Captain Paris

Original Name : Robert Patrick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Matthew Quirk

Original Name : David Schwimmer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Special Agent Kilmer

Original Name : Cristela Alonzo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ellen's Attorney

Original Name : Larry Clarke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doomed Gringo #1

Original Name : Will Forte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doomed Gringo #2

Original Name : Chris Parnell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charles

Original Name : Nonso Anozie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeff

Original Name : Larry Wilmore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Simone

Original Name : Jessica Allain

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miranda

Original Name : Nikki Amuka-Bird

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maywood

Original Name : Matthias Schoenaerts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gu Kailai

Original Name : Rosalind Chao

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gu's Aide

Original Name : Kunjue Li

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chief Wang Lijun

Original Name : Ming Lo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joseph David Martin

Original Name : James Cromwell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hannah

Original Name : Sharon Stone

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hominid #1

Original Name : AJ Meijer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hominid #2

Original Name : Arsenio Castellanos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hominid #3

Original Name : Lucy Morningstar

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Mate

Original Name : Chris McLaughlin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pastor Conners

Original Name : Jay Paulson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thalia

Original Name : Juliet Donenfeld

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kaylen

Original Name : Brock Brenner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vincelle Boncamper

Original Name : Marsha Stephanie Blake

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sergei

Original Name : Daniyar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Felix

Original Name : Alexander Stasko

Gender : Male

Character Name : Friend of Sergei and Felix

Original Name : Amy Pemberton

Gender : Female

Character Name : United Receptionist

Original Name : Noro Otitigbe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Richard Boncamper

Original Name : Myron Parker Wright

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edith Boncamper

Original Name : Miriam A. Hyman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Boncamper's Miami Child

Original Name : Benicio Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Mossack's Secretary

Original Name : Veronica Osorio

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mia Beltran

Original Name : Brenda Zamora

Gender : Male

Character Name : Journalist

Original Name : Zandy Hartig

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bus Passenger

Original Name : Nicholas Barrera

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bus Driver

Original Name : Fernando Martinez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mossack Fonseca Employee #1

Original Name : Melinna Bobadilla

Gender : Female

Character Name : Father Héctor Gallego

Original Name : Frank Gallegos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Ramón

Original Name : Christian De León

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sinaloa Cartel Leader

Original Name : Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Astrid

Original Name : Miracle Washington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Event Planner

Original Name : Jonah Gould

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bo Xilai

Original Name : Jesse Wang

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arresting Officer #1

Original Name : Brian Yang

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arresting Officer #2

Original Name : James Hsu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mossack Fonseca Employee #2

Original Name : Guido Föhrweißer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mossack Fonseca Employee #3

Original Name : Josef Urban

Gender : Male

Character Name : Panama Agent

Original Name : Juan Monsalvez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uniformed Panama Agent

Original Name : Ricardo Chacon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Panama Arresting Agent #1

Original Name : Alvin Zalamea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Panama Arresting Agent #2

Original Name : Frank Trigg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Panama Arresting Agent #3

Original Name : Joey Anaya

Gender : Male

Character Name : Panama Arresting Agent #4

Original Name : Eddie J. Fernandez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter #1

Original Name : Edu Carvalho

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter #2

Original Name : Jonathan G. Rodriguez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter #3

Original Name : Kassandra Marron

Gender : Female

Character Name : Airplane Passenger (uncredited)

Original Name : Xu Razer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Worker (uncredited)

Original Name : Eric Michael Cole

Gender : Male

Reviews

Sheldon Nylander

@dalboz

2021-06-23

Remember the Panama Papers? Those leaked documents that detailed how various people and companies created off-shore shell companies in order to avoid paying billions if not trillions in taxes around the world? No? I’m not surprised. It was a huge story that seemed to become a flash in the pan and many people forgot about it after the coverage dried up because, very likely, the corporations that run the news media tried to bury it. But these folks didn’t forget. The film’s title refers to the whole operation as generally being a money laundering scheme. Featuring an ensemble cast of Hollywood who’s who as well as who’s that, this Steven Soderbergh film invariably draws comparisons to Adam McKay’s “The Big Short,” both in subject matter and style. The narrators, played by Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas, frequently address the camera directly. Usually, this has the effect of making the audience feel like they’re in on the scheme, but it’s not as effective as when it was used in, say, “House of Cards.” Why? I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it likely has to do with the complexity of the scheme. Their characters are more than just narrators, but are actual players in the overall story, lawyers who created the paperwork and did the legwork to get these schemes off the ground. As such, they actually try to explain it, both simplified and with a certain complexity that leaves one a little unsure of the truth. Maybe that was the idea, but from a storytelling perspective, it didn’t quite work. And effect is part of the problem with this film. Aside from being done as a comedy for what is in fact a very serious subject (the reporter who exposed this story was later killed by a car bomb), this film doesn’t feel very effective in conveying outrage. In fact, it feels less like outrage and more like being impotently miffed. The film doesn’t feel like it conveys the gravity of the situation. Which is very disappointing given the talent involved and the chance to really bring this subject back into the public eye. While I have to give the filmmakers credit with trying to make the complex money laundering scheme in the Panama Papers digestible to a general audience and keeping this visible, ultimately it feels like it’s too little too late.

r96sk

@r96sk

2021-06-23

I didn't enjoy this at all, yet I still weirdly reflect on it to be better than it had any right to be. That's thanks to the cast of 'The Laundromat'. Meryl Streep (Ellen), Gary Oldman (Mossack) and Antonio Banderas (Fonseca) are the main reasons I'm not rating this lower. They stop it becoming an annoying watch. You also have Jeffrey Wright, David Schwimmer and Nonso Anozie involved too - as well as even Sharon Stone and James Cromwell. I just didn't like the way they chose to portray everything, I appreciate what they went for but it simply didn't work for me. It's definitely one of those things, though, that will depend on the viewer - I'm sure many will find it good. The comedy is extremely lacking, in accordance to my tastes anyway. Also, even though I praised Oldman and Banderas themselves, I found their characters particularly irritating - same goes with the ending. Feels like it merits an inferior score and yet... A charitable 5*.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-05-30

This had the potential to be an eye-opening opportunity to bring to the fore all the devious antics and off-shore activities carried out by people from all nations - but recently publicised by the Mossack-Fonseca revelations. Instead, it delivered a largely pedestrian investi-journo kind of piece that traded heavily on the names of it's three stars and very little on any meaningful substance. The two-handers between Messrs. Oldman and Banderas are witty and focused, but captured against the banality of the rest of the film merely serve to illustrate why sheep have a shepherd. Meryl Streep is, I think, going for the Dame Judi Dench "how little screen-time can I get away with whilst still getting top billing award". What an open goal; what a miss....!