The film stars George Clooney(who also co-produced) as Lee Gates, a TV personality who advises his audience on financial investment and speculation on the New York stock markets and who is forcefully interrogated by Kyle Budwell(Jack O'Connell), a grief-stricken bankrupt viewer who lost his money after a previous tip; the film also stars Julia Roberts, Giancarlo Esposito,
Dominic West and Caitriona Balfe.