US EditionMax’s Mountainhead Is the New Tech Bro Satire From the Creator of Succession, Starring Steve Carrell, and It’s ‘Inventively Profane'
- Jesse Armstrong released Mountainhead on May 31, 2025, a tech satire about four billionaire friends at a mountain retreat amid global AI chaos.
- Armstrong created the film shortly after Succession, exploring ultra-rich individuals’ lack of accountability while reflecting current fears about AI risks.
- The story follows Venis, Souper, Jeff, and Randall dealing with a social-media platform causing misinformation, and the resulting personal and global turmoil.
- Critics praised its dark humor and sharp dialogue, with Rotten Tomatoes rating it 79%, while some viewers criticized its tone and character portrayals.
- Mountainhead’s release highlights ongoing cultural concerns about tech moguls’ influence and AI dangers, though it remains uncertain if the film will impact public discourse.
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'Mountainhead' is a shallow satire of tech billionaires
If you couldn't immediately tell that Mountainhead, the name of the new direct-to-HBO movie from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, was poking fun at Ayn Rand, the movie is there to remind you, with not one but two Rand puns in the first 20 minutes. The film is set largely inside the confines of a snowbound mansion retreat called Mountainhead, which, as one character notes, sounds like Rand's novel The Fountainhead. The charmlessly expensive bu…
‘Mountainhead’ Review: Jesse Armstrong Speed Runs the End of Civilization for Laughs
Jesse Armstrong is an absolute madman. He came off the end of the critically acclaimed Succession and apparently decided he had more to say about the ways ultra-rich people ruin everything, so he wrote a movie about it. Then he... Read more...
The creator of Succession stayed with the super-rich, while Mountainhead is full of Musk- and Zuckerberg-like figures going to the mountains, then realizing they could even buy a country or two.
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