Synopsis
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A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
2011 Directed by J.C. Chandor
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
Kirk D'Amico Cassian Elwes Randy Manis Anthony Gudas Laura Rister Joshua Blum Michael Corso Rose Ganguzza
Before the Door Pictures Benaroya Pictures Washington Square Films Myriad Pictures Untitled Entertainment
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It’s just money; it’s made up. Pieces of paper with pictures on it so we don’t have to kill each other to get something to eat
Star studded thriller about the eve of the financial crash of 2008. This film is so captivating with all sorts of characters, from morally bankrupt to good hearted people, but in the end they’re all in it for the same reason. If it wasn’t for The Big Short, this would be the definitive movie of the financial crisis.
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Eine Pyramide wie ein Kegel wie ein Berg wie der Kirchturm wie der Turm wie die Baumkrone wie selbst der Beleistieft, Kugelschreiber, die Patrone oder gar die Finger an der Hand, enden in ihrer Bildung einer Spitze in einem Ende.
Oben an diesem Ende thronen die Reicheren als Reichen. Der Spitzenprädator im fressen anderer Spitzenprädatoren. Ein Absorbieren anderer Mitmenschen oder Mitbewohner, in ihrer Brust schlagend das Herz oder der Verbrennungsmotor oder die Aufzugstüren oder die hoch- wie niederfahrenden Jalousien.
„Der große Crash“, oder wie im Original „Margin Call“, fasst diese Reicheren als Reichen und die nach ihnen kommenden Spitzenprädatoren in das Bild des Finanzwesens ein.
Anzüge auf Anzüge.
Anzüge in Taubengrau.
Anzüge in Tiefseeblau.
Anzüge in Nachtschwarz.…
“Please, speak as you might to a young child. Or a golden retriever. It wasn't brains that brought me here.”
Ever since this GameStop malarkey I haven’t been able to get Stanley Tucci’s character out of my mind.
There’s a scene where Tucci and Paul Bettany are sitting on the stoop of an immaculate Brooklyn Brownstone contemplating the major theme of the movie: nothingness.
Tucci recounts the most meaningful piece of occupation he was ever involved in, the building of a bridge that significantly benefits commuters. It acts as an allegory for how one mans actions can have tangible benefits to others, and stands in contrast to the absurdity of moving “nothing” around from one account to another.
Tucci is…
Gotta give WOLF OF WALL STREET some credit - it gave me an appetite for entertainment about The Street and its denizens that was left mostly unsatisfied by Scorsese's film. I've been reading LIAR'S POKER - Michael Lewis's fantastic account of the rise and fall of Solomon Brothers in the late 80s. And then last night I finally caught up with the excellent MARGIN CALL. I guess one of my primary gripes with WOWS was my lack of interest in spending time with its characters and their antics, while also still being interested in the mechanics of their operation. MARGIN CALL is all mechanics. Thrillingly so. Maybe even more of a gut punch a couple years later, as the stock market recovers and we start to forget our rage at these gamblers as they start to line our purses again. As if anything has changed.
Jeremy Irons has an Oscar. Kevin Spacey has two Oscars. J.C. Chandor will have one very soon if he continues to deliver anything as good as this and All Is Lost.
A junior analyst discovers that the investment bank in which he works has amassed so many toxic mortgage backed securities that bankruptcy is almost imminent. This leads to a frantic night where his bosses try to find a way to dump these assets and save the firm.
"Margin Call" is a thriller that examines the beginning of the great financial crisis of 2008 through the eyes of the people who found themselves in the midst of the storm. Chandor uses a docudrama method to recreate these fateful hours. While mostly effective, it eventually makes for a very dry presentation that saps some of the tension from a potentially riveting drama. Add to that the fact that the financial jargon used…
It takes a special talent to make a film about a subject and, for quite a lot of the running time, have much of your audience wonder what the hell anyone is talking about. It has to be a special talent because how else would a film like Margin Call end up being so utterly riveting?
The purported plot sees a troubled Wall Street investment bank wrestle with the decision to sell off all its assets, assets they know are very soon to be worthless, after discovering that the firm has reached the limits of its spending and risk plunging the stock market and banking sector into crisis as a result.
What I watched it as was, "Some bad stuff's…
Sex is good and all, but have you ever woken up and checked your Spotify podcast episodes feed and discovered The Rewatchables have covered one of your favourite movies?🤤
I haven’t been shy about sharing my love for this verbal thriller in the past. It’s not only one of the best movies about the financial crash, it’s one of the best movies of the 2010’s in my humble opinion.
Chandor uses apprehension, unseen spreadsheets, and predictive models the way Spielberg used Bruce, that is to say, sparingly and terrifyingly.
True horror comes from what’s imagined, not what’s seen.
This is one of those movies where everyone calls flawless but I think it's well done on a acting and directing point of view, but I do think it's a bit overrated in my opinion.
The story to Margin Call takes place in 2008 as a tense action as we follow one 24-hour period at an investment bank just before the financial crisis hits.
Margin Call is a movie that I thought was alright. I do think the movie is well acted and nicely written, but to me the movie is a slow burn and I just don't think it's brilliant as people thought it was. It's not a bad film but I don't think it's a great film, just alright in my opinion.
58/100
[originally written on my blog]
Intelligent, gripping, utterly persuasive...except that roughly every ten minutes Chandor fears we might not be getting it and applies the sledgehammer, to severely alienating effect. At times I started to wonder whether the self-aware monologues were intended as comedy, given the absurdly specific figures being casually tossed around: Paul Bettany knows off the top of his head precisely how much money he's blown on hookers and strip clubs in the past year ($76,520), while Stanley Tucci has no trouble mentally calculating that the bridge he once built has to date saved residents of the communities it spans 1,531 man-years of driving time. It's as if every so often the movie plays a game called…
YOU’RE TELLING ME THAT’S *NOT* ELI ROTH?!??
I feel like this has probably already been observed by tons of people, but I just noticed Kevin Spacey’s typecasting is always the unempathetic dickhead traitor villain? Literally these are the only films I’ve seen with him and they all fit the bill; The Negotiator, 21, Seven, Iron Will, Baby Driver, Superman Returns, A Bug’s Life, another movie which I won’t spoil, and now Margin Call.
An outstanding cast and a super tight script make for an enthralling watch. Chandor’s strength is his focus on these people’s reactions and realisations of the impending economic doom and their moral dilemma that comes with their early knowledge.
Definitely worth a watch if you haven’t seen it.